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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2013
Applicant:

Ati Technologies Ulc, Markham, CA;

Inventors:

Sahar Alipour Kashi, Toronto, CA;

Boris Ivanovic, North York, CA;

Allen J. Porter, Sunderland, CA;

Assignee:

ATI Technologies ULC, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 11/02 (2006.01); H04N 19/513 (2014.01); H04N 19/52 (2014.01); H04N 19/117 (2014.01); H04N 19/423 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/521 (2014.11); H04N 19/117 (2014.11); H04N 19/423 (2014.11); H04N 19/52 (2014.11);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for facilitating processing a reference frame to produce an output frame. Motion vector data for a block of reference frame pels estimates the displacement of the reference frame pels from corresponding pels in a prior input frame. Comparison metrics are produced for a pel of the reference frame with respect to that pel and a plurality of neighboring reference frame pels A first comparison metric is based on a comparison with corresponding pels of a prior output frame that corresponds to the prior input frame as previously processed. A second comparison metric is based on a comparison with corresponding pels of a motion compensated prior output frame derived from applying motion vector data to the pels of the prior output frame. A pel of the output frame that corresponds to the reference frame pel is determined using the first and second comparison metrics.


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