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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Gi-ho Park, Seoul, KR;
Shin-dug Kim, Goyang-si, KR;
Cheong-ghil Kim, Seoul, KR;
In-jik Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sung-bae Park, Seongnam-si, KR;
Gi-ho Park, Seoul, KR;
Shin-dug Kim, Goyang-si, KR;
Cheong-ghil Kim, Seoul, KR;
In-jik Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sung-bae Park, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
An image search method may include: determining a quadrant of a predicted motion vector; calculating a tilt value of a first reference frame and a tilt value of a second reference frame using the predicted motion vector; deciding a search area for uneven hexagon search in response to the quadrant of the predicted motion vector and the calculated tilt values; performing the uneven hexagon search with respect to the decided search area; and/or comparing a result of the performed uneven hexagon search with a threshold value to determine termination of the uneven hexagon search. The second reference frame is earlier-in-time relative to the first reference frame.