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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:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian Astle, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39520077 ; 382236 ; 382238 ; 348390 ; 348586 ;
Abstract
A computer-implemented method and apparatus for encoding pictures of a sequence of pictures. According to a preferred embodiment, an encoding system determines a relatively fixed background of the sequence of pictures, and transmits the background to a decoding system. Foreground objects of a current picture are separated from the background, and motion compensation encoding of the foreground objects is performed with respect to at least one previous picture. The encoded foreground objects are then transmitted to the decoding system.