Motion vector estimation in television images
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsVincent C. Harradine, Clive H. Gillard
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Abstract
Apparatus for motion vector estimation in a television image uses a block matching technique with successive refinement of the motion vector estimate. The apparatus comprises a vector filter and a vector calculator.
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A method of motion vector estimation in a television image comprising using a digitized signal for representing said image, and using a block matching technique with successive refinement of the motion vector estimate and in which motion in said image at points spaced a predetermined number of samples horizontally and a predetermined number of samples vertically is determined by the block matching technique.
Apparatus for motion vector estimation in a television image using a block matching technique with successive refinement of the motion vector estimate, the apparatus comprising a vector filter and a vector calculator.
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