Method and apparatus for improving motion compensation in digital video coding
CA 2130779 C · Owner: Horne, Caspar · Inventors: Horne, Caspar
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A novel method and apparatus for use in digital video compression provides improved block-based motion compensation using the global motion of a video frame. A video frame comprising a plurality of blocks may be compressed for transmission using block motion vectors. Motion vectors are generated by block matching a block to be coded with a block within a reference frame and determining the displacement therebetween. To effect block matching, motion compensation techniques define a search window within one or more reference frames within which a displaced block will be found. According to the present invention, the location of the search window within a reference frame is defined using the …
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- Filed August 24, 1994 and granted June 22, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 24, 2014.
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