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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2008
Applicants:
Krit Panusopone, San Diego, CA (US);
Limin Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Yinqing Zhao, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Krit Panusopone, San Diego, CA (US);
Limin Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Yinqing Zhao, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention generally provide a method and apparatus for scalable motion estimation. One embodiment of a method for performing motion estimation includes setting a target complexity for a macroblock of a source frame and performing motion estimation for one or more partitions of the macroblock until the target complexity is met.