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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2003
Adityo Prakash, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Eniko Fodor, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Adityo Prakash, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Eniko Fodor, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
PTS Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Video data is compressed using segmentation of reference frames where the segmentation results in a hierarchy of segments. The hierarchy can be generated bottom-up, where a first set of segments is generated and then a second set of segments generated by grouping segments of the first set, based on pixel value and/or segment boundaries. The hierarchy can be generated top-down, where a first set is generated and then a second set is generated by dividing up segments of the first set, based on pixel value and/or segment boundaries. The hierarchy can be included in the compressed video data or omitted such that a decoder would have to independently generate it. The hierarchy can be two or more levels. The hierarchy can be used for editing, formatting and/or compressing frames, as well as associating metadata with elements of the frame and coding motion, residue or other kinetic information.