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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2013
Thomson Licensing, Issy de Moulineaux, FR;
Dominique Thoreau, Cesson Sevigne, FR;
Safa Cherigui, Villeurbannes, FR;
Alain Martin, Rennes, FR;
Philippe Guillotel, Vern sur Seiche, FR;
Christine Guillemot, Rennes, FR;
Thomson Licensing, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Abstract
A method and device for predicting a block of pixels of an image for encoding/decoding same. The method comprises a step of defining a causal vicinity of said block to be predicted, a stepof searching for candidate patches during which a set of candidate patches is formed from at least one patch belonging to an image other than the image to which the block to be predicted belongs, each patch being formed from a block and from a causal vicinity of said block, and a stepof block prediction during which the block is predicted at least from the block of at least one patch of said set of candidate patches.