摘要:
Method and apparatus for detecting and correcting error in an uncompressed digital video image data stream. The method and apparatus identify error or partial picture scenarios. Each of the possible error or partial picture scenarios is identified in a Partial Picture Repair Unit, which causes error processing of the uncompressed video input stream, resulting in the creation of a repaired data stream on the repaired pixel bus. The repair begins upon detection of an erroneous picture, field, or line. Processing for that picture, field or line is stopped upon detection of an error in the synchronization signals, and processing is resumed when the end of line, end of field, or end of picture indicator is detected.
摘要:
Method and apparatus for detecting and correcting error in an uncompressed digital video image data stream. The method and apparatus identify error or partial picture scenarios. Each of the possible error or partial picture scenarios is identified in a Partial Picture Repair Unit, which causes error processing of the uncompressed video input stream, resulting in the creation of a repaired data stream on the repaired pixel bus. The repair begins upon detection of an erroneous picture, field, or line. Processing for that picture, field or line is stopped upon detection of an error in the synchronization signals, and processing is resumed when the end of line, end of field, or end of picture indicator is detected.
摘要:
A digital video encode system, method and computer program product are described wherein a picture is divided into multiple active areas that are parallel encoded using multiple encoders. The encoders associated with adjoining active areas of the picture are configured to exchange reference data to facilitate avoiding appearance of a seam between the adjoining active areas of a subsequent picture in a sequence of pictures due to separate encoding thereof by the multiple encoders. The reference data transferred from one encoder to an adjoining encoder is an encoded and decoded section of the picture and is used by the adjoining encoder as an expanded reference area for motion estimation when encoding the subsequent picture.
摘要:
A method of encoding a picture in an MPEG2 compliant digital video encoder. The method calculates a contrast function, Contrast=.SIGMA..vertline.P(j)-P(j+1).vertline. and thereafter calculates a quantization adjustment function therefrom M(i+1)=�C(i+1)/C(i)!M(i), where C=Contrast, P(j) is the luminance or chrominance of the j.sup.th pixel, and M(i)is the average quantization of the i.sup.th picture. The quantization or picture type is adjusted in response to the contrast function, C.
摘要:
Disclosed is a digital video encoder processor for discrete cosine transform encoding. The discrete cosine transform encoding includes the encoding steps of (1) determining the discrete cosine transform field or frame type, (2) addressing individual pixels as either (i) vertically adjacent pixels on consecutive Odd and Even field lines, or (ii) vertically adjacent pixels on consecutive Odd field lines, then consecutive Even field lines; or (iii) vertically adjacent pixels on consecutive Even field lines, then consecutive Odd field lines. These subtractions may be performed between (i) consecutive lines, (ii) odd lines, or (iii) even lines. The next step is finding the smallest variance of the above subtractions to determine the discrete cosine transform coding type. The subtractions are carried out in a dynamically partitionable processor having a plurality of datapaths. The datapaths are partitionable by the action of running opcode into (i) a single wide datapath, and (ii) a plurality of narrow datapaths for calculating the absolute value of the difference between two pixels, and accumulating the results of the subtraction.
摘要:
A filter for downsampling input video having a first chrominance sampling to a second chrominance sampling. The input video has a Bitstream of data representing a sequence of picture frames, where each picture frame has a plurality of video lines. The filter has a means for choosing a downsampling mode from a list of available downsampling modes for the downsampling of the first chrominance sampling. The filter also has a means for dividing each picture frame into video line sets according to predetermined criteria for the particular downsampling mode chosen, where each video line set has at least two video lines. A means for assigning default downsampling coefficients for each of the video lines in the video line sets based upon the downsampling mode chosen is also provided in the filter. Lastly, the filter has a means for downsampling each video line set to a single video line having the second chrominance sampling. In a preferred embodiment, the first chrominance sampling is 4:2:2 and the second chrominance sampling is 4:2:0.
摘要:
An MPEG2 compliant digital video encoder system employs an I-frame video encoder module having a quantization unit and variable length encoding to encode coefficients of each macroblock of a picture. Bit regulation schemes are presented for constraining selected coefficients of a macroblock if the bit rate of two prior macroblocks in a row exceeded a bit rate limit, or if the bit rate of the current nonintra macroblock is greater than a predetermined megabits per second (Mbps) limit. Pattern constraining is implemented within the quantization unit. For nonintra pictures, the conventional variable length coding process is modified to generate a Fixed Coded Block Pattern (FCBP) header for each macroblock of the picture for outputting in the bitstream prior to coding of the coefficients. The FCBP signifies that each block of the macroblock contains at least one nonzero coefficient. The regulation scheme then ensures that each block of the macroblock includes at least one nonzero coefficient by setting one of the coefficients in an all zeros block to a nonzero value.
摘要:
Method and apparatus for calculating motion vectors. The method and apparatus calculate a motion trajectory value and initial base weights such that when x is the horizontal offset of the current macroblock from the left edge of the search window, and y is the vertical offset of the current macroblock from the top edge of the search window, and this pair of x and y values are used as the initial base weights, the motion estimation provides the best matched macroblock that has the shortest distance from the current macroblock. When the initial base weights are set to 0's, then the motion estimation will produce the first best matched macroblock encountered by the search circuitry. A scheme is also provided to set the initial base weights so that the best matched macroblock closest to the motion trajectory is selected for the motion estimation.
摘要:
Temporal compression of a digital video data stream with hierarchically searching in at least one search unit for pixels in a reference picture to find a best match for the current macroblock. This is followed by constructing a motion vector between the current macroblock and the best match macroblock in the reference picture.
摘要:
A method of encoding interlaced, full motion digital video image data. The digital video image data has two interlaced fields per frame with luminance and chrominance components, where the chrominance components are uncorrelated between adjacent fields. The method encompasses applying one field of chrominance information to both luminance fields of a frame. This encodes chrominance components at one quarter the spatial resolution of the luminance components.