Scalable robust video compression

Apparatus for compressing a sequence of video frames, the apparatus comprising a processor for generating an estimate of each frame in the sequence;

• adjusting each estimate by a factor α, where 0<α<1;
• and computing residual error frames for the adjusted estimates.

An article for instructing a processor to compress a current frame in a video sequence, the article comprising a computer-readable medium programmed with instructions for instructing the processor to generate an estimate of the current frame;

• adjust the estimate by a factor α, where 0<α<1;
• and compute a residual error between the current frame and the adjusted estimate.

A method for reconstructing a sequence of video frames, the method comprising generating estimates of the video frames based on previous frames that have been decoded, adjusting the estimates by a factor α, where 0<α<1, decoding residual error frames, and adding the decoded residual error frames to the adjusted estimates.

Apparatus for reconstructing a frame in a sequence of video frames, the apparatus comprising a processor for generating an estimate of the frame from at least one previously reconstructed frame, adjusting the estimate by a factor α, where 0<α<1, decoding residual error, and adding the decoded residual error to the adjusted estimate.

An article for instructing a processor to reconstruct a frame in a video sequence, the article comprising a computer-readable medium programmed with instructions for instructing the processor to generate an estimate of the frame from at least one previously reconstructed frame, adjusting the estimate by a factor α, where 0<α<1, decoding residual error, and adding the decoded residual error to the adjusted estimate.