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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2008
Applicant:
Hirofumi Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hirofumi Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corportion, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A weighting factor calculation unit () calculates a weighting factor using characteristics respectively corresponding to a picture to be predicted and a selected reference picture in accordance with a weighting factor equation derived from a fade effect generation principle. For each picture, an intra-picture characteristic calculation unit () calculates the characteristics as characteristics closed in the picture. The weighting factor of a fade picture can be obtained with a small calculation amount at high accuracy.