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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Yaqiang Ding, Shanghai, CN;
Jiang Lin, Shanghai, CN;
Fu-huei Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Spreadtrum Communications, Inc., George Town, Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
This disclosure is related to a fast motion estimation method for implementing in a video encoder. A particular method includes determining early termination based on the value of a sum of absolute difference (SAD). The method also includes performing motion prediction using a motion vector from a previous frame as a prediction point. The method further includes using the prediction point as the center to obtain the integral motion vector by conducting a 3×3 cross searching until a minimum sum of absolute difference (minSAD) is located at the center of the cross and predicting a location of a half-pixel point based upon a point corresponding to the integral motion vector, values of the minimum sum of absolute difference of other four cross points.