摘要:
The color tone compensation method provides a simple and efficient method to compensate the color tone differences between two different sources of images. A first image sample, such as a still image, from a first image capturing source and a second image sample, such as a video frame, from a second image capturing source are aligned, and a tone-mapping estimation routine is applied to the two aligned images. The tone-mapping estimation routine uses the pixel intensity value histograms associated with the two aligned images and generates a tone mapping table. The tone mapping table includes a conversion intensity value for each intensity value in the second image. The conversion intensity value is a statistical measure, such as the mean, calculated according to the data in the corresponding pixel intensity value histogram. The tone-mapping table is applied to any image generated by the second image capturing source, thereby generating a new image with similar color tone as the first image generated by the first image capturing source.
摘要:
A method of estimating motion by estimating motion parameters of a complex motion model using reconstructed neighboring pixels of the current block and then applying the estimated motion parameters to the coordinates of the current block to determine motion compensated in a corresponding reference block. The parameters are not transmitted to a decoder and are derived at the decoder side. The encoder only sends a 1-bit control-flag to indicate whether the derived parameters should be used.
摘要:
Dual-mode compression of images/videos for reliable real-time transmission includes a scalable block-based video compression. The method provides graceful quality degradations in case of channel bandwidth changes. Prediction for encoding is avoided, and the process is less complex with less memory requirements. The method involves processing each block independently with the advantage that errors are not able to propagate beyond current block boundaries. Two different encoding modes are used, natural image coding for acquired images and graphics coding for computer generated images. The proper encoding mode is chosen by comparing performance of the two modes for a particular block to be encoded. An embedded bitstream is generated by the encoder in accordance to the available channel bandwidth.
摘要:
A method of estimating motion by estimating motion parameters of a complex motion model using reconstructed neighboring pixels of the current block and then applying the estimated motion parameters to the coordinates of the current block to determine motion compensated in a corresponding reference block. The parameters are not transmitted to a decoder and are derived at the decoder side. The encoder only sends a 1-bit control-flag to indicate whether the derived parameters should be used.
摘要:
An image compression method with random access capability. The method includes intracoding of digital images. The image is partitioned into small blocks and each block is coded independently of other blocks in the image. The encoder generates a fixed and predetermined number of bits for each block. The decoding of each image block is able to be done independently of any other image block.
摘要:
Implementations generally relate to pre-charge phase data compression. In some implementations, a method includes computing prediction values for image data, where the image data is pre-charge phase data. The method also includes computing residual data based on the prediction values. The method also includes quantizing the residual data. The method also includes entropy encoding the quantized residual data. The method also includes refining an inverse quantized residual data based on one or more of the residual data and a number of left-over bit-budget after entropy encoding.
摘要:
Motion Compensated Prediction (MCP) has been a key factor in most advanced video compression schemes. For further reduction in the residual signal energy in B-frames, bidirectional prediction where two motion-compensated signals are superimposed has also been utilized in most prior video coding standards such as MPEG-2 or MPEG-4/AVC. Syntax changes and appropriate motion vector prediction that allows efficient use of multi-parameter MCP is described. The prediction signal is constructed by linearly combining the motion-compensated signals from each parameter (or motion vector).
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An adaptive loop filter utilizing separable filters within a quadtree-based adaptive loop filter (QALF). The filters for at least the P and B pictures are replaced with a separable filter to provide Separable QALF (SQALF). In a preferred embodiment the filter comprises a Wiener filter as a best fit approximation of the non-separable filter. In response to decoding with the SQALF approach, computational complexity in the decoder is reduced without lowering perceived visual quality. Estimation of the separable filter is obtained in the encoder by iteratively minimizing the sum of squares error with the separable filter. The SQALF filtering is described within a video decoder.
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Spatial domain directional intra prediction has been shown to be very effective to remove the correlation between the pixels in the current block and reconstructed neighbors. In AVC, 8 directional prediction modes (plus the DC prediction mode) are defined. The prediction mode number is signaled to the decoder using a simple predictive coding method. The previous intra prediction methods have two major disadvantages: lack of precision for arbitrary directional patterns and accuracy lack of accuracy to exploit geometric dependency between blocks. To address these issues, a new method accurately predicts the intra directions from reconstructed neighboring pixels and differentially encode the intra directions. This allows a more precise directional prediction without the significant increase in the cost for transmitting the side information.
摘要:
An apparatus and method are taught for estimating an optimized sub-pixel interpolation filter using iterative and non-iterative estimations as needed for sub-pixel motion compensation and motion estimation in a video codec for improving coding efficiency. Motion vector information and mode decisions are passed from the first encoding stage which uses predetermined interpolation to at least a second encoding stage which uses an estimated adaptive interpolation filter determined during the first encoding stage. Processing overhead is reduced within the subsequent stages. Embodiments are described in which additional stages perform iterative encoding and estimation of interpolation filter in an n-th iteration.