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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 1996
Filed:
May. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas G Kopet, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Gerry C Lui Kuo, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Stephen D Lew, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignees:
Array Microsystems, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348699 ; 348718 ; 348719 ; 382197 ; 382209 ;
Abstract
A motion estimation coprocessor for use in a video data system. The motion estimation coprocessor may be used with a video memory that subdivides a P row.times.Q column image of pixels into several pages. The page structure enables efficient loading of video data into the coprocessor. The motion estimation coprocessor may perform several block matches simultaneously. The motion estimation coprocessor may perform exhaustive block matching or use a hierarchical search.