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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2011
Eric Ameres, Cohoes, NY (US);
James Bankoski, Wynantskill, NY (US);
Adrian W Grange, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Tim Murphy, New York, NY (US);
Paul G Wilkins, Cambridge, GB;
Yaowu Xu, San Diego, CA (US);
Eric Ameres, Cohoes, NY (US);
James Bankoski, Wynantskill, NY (US);
Adrian W Grange, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Tim Murphy, New York, NY (US);
Paul G Wilkins, Cambridge, GB;
Yaowu Xu, San Diego, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method for encoding at least one video frame having a plurality of blocks including a current block, including determining motion vectors for each of at least some of blocks surrounding the current block, identifying surrounding blocks having that have the same motion vector and assigning the identified surrounding blocks to a plurality of groups, determining a number of blocks in at least two of the plurality of groups and selecting a motion vector to encode the current block based on the determined number of blocks in the at least two groups.