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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
May. 29, 2007
Tsukasa Murata, Yamato, JP;
Shigeru Doida, Machida, JP;
Tsukasa Murata, Yamato, JP;
Shigeru Doida, Machida, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing method of finding a motion vector between an original image and a reference image, including dividing the original image to extract a block, searching for a similar region of the block from the reference image to detect a motion vector of the block, further dividing the block from which the motion vector has been detected to extract a lower block, and searching for a similar region to detect a motion vector of the lower block with a range in the vicinity of the motion vector found from the block before division as a start point. Thus, the method is characterized by reflecting a tree structure data of the motion vector obtained in this manner in the subsequent detection of motion vector.