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Motion vector detecting method of a video signal
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
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Filing: 1993-07-06
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Granted: 1995-02-07
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Expires: 2013-07-06
Abstract
Abstract A motion vector detecting method of a digital video signal includes an edge image detecting process for detecting an edge for the video signal within a current frame and a previous frame, an image converting process for converting the edge detected image from the edge image detecting process into a binary-coded image, and a motion vector detecting process for detecting an interframe motion vector with respect to only an edge part from the binary-coded image.
Inventors
- 👤 Hyun-Soo Shin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 19:50
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N7/00; H04N7/01; H04N5/00; H04N5/14; H04N5/144; H04N5/145; G; G06; G06T; G06T7/00; G06T7/20; G06T7/262; H04N19/00; H04N19/50; H04N19/503; H04N19/51; H04N19/527
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
125 words
A method of detecting motion direction and motion amount of a digital video signal in order to process a pseudo-moving image, comprising the steps of: detecting an edge of said pseudo-moving image within a current frame and a previous frame and outputting an edge detected image, said detecting step including the steps of: calculating a gradient between adjacent pixels for each direction by a pixel unit of said video signal, and comparing a maximum gradient value with a given threshold value; converting the edge detected image into a binary-coded image; detecting an interframe motion vector with respect to only an edge part of the binary-coded image; and processing said pseudo-moving image as interframe motion or to a moving region based on said interframe motion vector.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
125 words
A method of detecting motion direction and motion amount of a digital video signal in order to process a pseudo-moving image, comprising the steps of: detecting an edge of said pseudo-moving image within a current frame and a previous frame and outputting an edge detected image, said detecting step including the steps of: calculating a gradient between adjacent pixels for each direction by a pixel unit of said video signal, and comparing a maximum gradient value with a given threshold value; converting the edge detected image into a binary-coded image; detecting an interframe motion vector with respect to only an edge part of the binary-coded image; and processing said pseudo-moving image as interframe motion or to a moving region based on said interframe motion vector.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
70 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of converting the edge detected image into a binary-coded image comprises the steps of: replacing a pixel positioned at the edge part of said edge detected image with an edge indicating value; and replacing a pixel not positioned at the edge part of said edge detected image with a non-edge indicating value which is different from the edge indicating value.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the edge indicating value is "1" and the non-edge indicating value is "0".
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
284 words
The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the step of detecting an interframe motion vector comprises the steps of: dividing M×N pixels of said current frame into a plurality of N1×N2 blocks, where M and N are natural numbers; counting, for each one of said N1×N2 blocks, a number, Nb, of pixels having the edge indicating value; for each one of said N1×N2 blocks where Nb is greater than a first threshold value, determining a motion vector for each pixel y[m][n], where m=1, . . . , N1 and n=1, . . . , N2, by comparing the pixel y[m][n]with a pixel x[m-α][n-β], of the previous frame, where α and β=-8, . . . , 8, thereby resulting in a plurality of motion vectors for each of said N1×N2 blocks where Nb is greater than said first threshold value; for each one of said N1×N2 blocks where Nb is greater than the first threshold value, determining a most frequent block motion vector from the plurality of motion vectors determined for the pixels y[m][n] within each one of said N1×N2 blocks where Nb is greater than the first threshold value, thereby resulting in a plurality of most frequent block motion vectors; determining a ratio motion vector equal to a most frequent block motion vector from said plurality of most frequent block motion vectors obtained from said N1×N2 blocks having Nb greater than the first threshold; and if said ratio motion vector is greater than a second threshold value, then determining said ratio motion vector as said interframe motion vector, and if said ratio motion vector is less than or equal to said second threshold value, then processing the pseudomoving image to a moving region.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second threshold value is greater than 0.85 and less than 1.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein N1 and N2 are equal to each other and are one of 4, 8 or 16.
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