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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2007
Applicants:
Ho-jin Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sang-jo Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Si-hwa Lee, Seoul, KR;
Do-hyung Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Inventors:
Ho-Jin Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sang-Jo Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Si-hwa Lee, Seoul, KR;
Do-hyung Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A motion estimation method, medium, and system with fast motion estimation. The motion estimation method includes comparing a cost indicating a difference between a current block of a current image and a block of a reference image specified by a starting point with a predetermined threshold and selectively searching for the best matching block of the current block from the starting point according to the comparison result.