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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thomson-CSF, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358105 ; 358136 ;
Abstract
The method consists in estimating motion by performing a gradient algorithm which minimalizes the mean square deviation of local luminance variations of the present pel of the picture with the pel that is homologous with it in the prior picture, in initializing the execution of the algorithm by displacement values estimated along several directions within the close causal neighborhood of the present pel and in propagating each estimate in the scanning direction if the picture lines.