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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2006
Chang-che Tsai, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Chih-hsin Lin, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Yi-fang Lee, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Tzu-yi Chao, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Chang-Che Tsai, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Chih-Hsin Lin, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Yi-Fang Lee, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Tzu-Yi Chao, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
PixArt Imaging Incorporation, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A motion estimation method for a succession of frames in a digital coding system includes: a) with reference to a first block in a first frame, searching a second frame for a second block that corresponds to the first block; and b) estimating a motion vector of the first block on the basis of the second block in the second frame; wherein step a) includes: a1) forming a first initial search range including a virtual rhombus-shaped pattern substantially centered at a pre-determined block, and a2) expanding progressively outward a second initial search range based on the virtual rhombus-shaped pattern.