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US 2006/0222072 A1Published application
Motion estimation using camera tracking movements
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorLakshmanan Ramakrishnan
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Abstract
Presented herein are system(s) and method(s) for motion estimation using camera movements. In one embodiment, there is presented a video camera system for providing video data. The video camera system comprises a video camera, and a circuit. The video camera captures video data. The circuit records information that indicates tracking movements of the video camera.
Claims18
A video camera system for capturing video data, said video camera system comprising:
- a video camera for capturing the video data;
- and
- a circuit for recording information indicating tracking movements of the video camera.
A method for providing video data, said method comprising:
- recording information indicating tracking movements of a video camera;
- and
- associating portions of the information indicating tracking movements of the video camera that indicate the tracking movements of the video camera during a particular time period, with portions of the video data that are captured during the particular time period.
A video encoder for encoding video data, said video encoder comprising:
- a memory for storing reference pictures;
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- a motion estimator for predicting at least some portions of a picture from the reference pictures based on information indicating video camera movements between capturing the picture and the reference pictures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.