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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2005
Hideyuki Ohgose, Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Inagaki, Osaka, JP;
Shinya Kadono, Hyogo, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
To provide a motion vector estimating device which is capable of calculating the optimum motion vector by a trade-off between the bit rate of a motion vector and a differential amount, and estimating a motion vector in a pipeline structure at high speed, a motion vector estimating method which enables the same. The motion vector estimating device () includes: a first motion vector estimating unit () which calculates an evaluation value based on the amount of distortion calculated using search blocks and an input block and a correction value calculated using a motion vector with respect to each search block, a first prediction vector, and a weighting coefficient, and estimates a first motion vector of the input block based on the location of the input block and the location of a search block which provides the smallest evaluation value; a weighted coefficient calculating unit () which calculates the weighted coefficient; a prediction vector generating unit () which generates the first motion vector based on the first motion vector; and a second motion estimating unit () which estimates a motion vector determining, as an evaluation value, only the amount of distortion calculated using the search blocks and the input block.