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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1999
Applicants:
Christophe Chevance, Rennes, FR;
Pierre Ruellou, Domloup, FR;
Dominique Thoreau, Cesson-Sévigné, FR;
Inventors:
Christophe Chevance, Rennes, FR;
Pierre Ruellou, Domloup, FR;
Dominique Thoreau, Cesson-Sévigné, FR;
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The method includes segmentation of the video image into image blocks, movement estimation per image block in order to obtain a field of movement vectors. It is characterized in that it includes a stage of reassignment of a vector to a block by selecting one movement vector from among N predominant vectors belonging to the field of vectors. The applications relate to movement estimation, for example, by image-block matching.