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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2011
Isabelle Amonou, Cesson Sevigne, FR;
Isabelle Amonou, Cesson Sevigne, FR;
ORANGE, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for encoding an image sequence and outputting a signal having a layered organization with at least a base layer and an enhancement layer. For at least one current image of the sequence, the method includes constructing a hierarchical epitome associated with the enhancement layer corresponding to a maximum resolution level of the current image, using: an epitome associated with the enhancement layer corresponding to the maximum resolution level of the current image; and at least one epitome associated with a preceding layer corresponding to a resolution level lower than the maximum resolution level of the current image.