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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2002
Abraham Karel Riemens, Eindhoven, NL;
Robert Jan Schutten, Cambell, CA (US);
Jeroen Maria Kettenis, Hamburg, DE;
Olukayode Anthony Ojo, Eindhoven, NL;
Kornelis Antonius Vissers, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abraham Karel Riemens, Eindhoven, NL;
Robert Jan Schutten, Cambell, CA (US);
Jeroen Maria Kettenis, Hamburg, DE;
Olukayode Anthony Ojo, Eindhoven, NL;
Kornelis Antonius Vissers, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Trident Microsystems (Far East) Ltd., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
Estimating and/or compensating motion in a video image is provided wherein an image segment of the video image is selected, a search area is defined around the image segment, the defining being based on a range of possible motion vectors for the image segment, and image data related to said search area is retrieved. The search area is defined to have its center offset from a center of the image segment. The offset may be determined by a global motion parameter.