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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2003
Applicants:
Simon Booth, Mississauga, CA;
Guy Cote, Elora, CA;
Inventors:
Simon Booth, Mississauga, CA;
Guy Cote, Elora, CA;
Assignee:
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 7/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate a control signal in response to a measurement of inter-picture motion between a current picture and a first reference picture. The second circuit may be configured to select the first reference picture or a second reference picture as a better reference picture for motion estimation in response to the control signal.