Electronic circuit and electronic device performing motion estimation through hierarchical search

    公开(公告)号:US10893292B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-12

    申请号:US16504916

    申请日:2019-07-08

    Abstract: An electronic circuit includes a block determinator, a candidate selector, and a motion vector generator to perform motion estimation. The block determinator determines a current block and candidate blocks with regard to each of decimated images generated from an original image, wherein the block determinator determines first candidate blocks based on a location of the current block without a full search for all pixels with regard to a first decimated image of the lowest resolution. The candidate selector selects second candidate blocks which are some of the first candidate blocks with regard to a second decimated image of the highest resolution, such that the block determinator determines the second candidate blocks with regard to the original image. The motion vector generator generates a motion vector for the current block based on one reference patch determined from reference patches indicated by candidate motion vectors of the second candidate blocks.

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