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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
May. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Xudong Song, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Ya-Qin Zhang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Tihao Chiang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375240 ; 348398 ; 348402 ; 382240 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and a concomitant method for encoding image sequences and, more particularly, to a method for reducing the computational complexity in determining motion vectors for block-based motion estimation and for enhancing the accuracy of motion estimates through the use of non-linear pyramids.