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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
May. 03, 2010
Roger Kumar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Pun, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xiaochun Nie, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hsi-jung Wu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Roger Kumar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Pun, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xiaochun Nie, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hsi-Jung Wu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for adaptively performing motion estimation. In some embodiments, the method initially performs a first motion estimation operation. It then determines whether the estimated error in the result of the first motion estimation is greater than a particular threshold. If not, the method uses the results of the first motion estimation operation. Otherwise, the method selects another motion estimation operation. The method continues in this manner until it performs a motion estimation operation that results in an acceptable estimated error, or until it tries all the motion estimation operations at its disposal. When the method cannot identify a motion estimation operation that produces results with an acceptable estimated error, the method selects the result of the motion estimation operation that produced the best results.