Two-measure block classification scheme for encoding video images

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PATENT NO 5737537
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08536671

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Blocks of video frames are classified for encoding, for example, as empty blocks, inter blocks, or intra blocks. This block classification is based on (at least) two statistical measures for each block: a global measure and a local measure. In a preferred embodiment, blocks are classified as empty blocks using an inter sum-of-absolute-differences (SAD) measure (a global measure) and a maximum-absolute-difference (MAD) measure (a local measure). The inter-SAD and MAD measures are generated for each block of the current frame relative to a corresponding reference block of a reference frame. If the inter-SAD and MAD measures are less than specified thresholds, then the block is classified as an empty block for encoding.

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HEATHWAY HOLDINGS LLC2711 CENTERVILLE ROAD SUITE 400 WILMINGTON DE 19801

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Gardos, Thomas R Portland, OR 14 558
Iverson, Vaughn Beaverton, OR 9 406

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