Patent ID: 9471992
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G06T,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A moving image processing apparatus comprising a processor configured to: calculate, by the processor, an evaluation value for each reference block by cumulatively summing in a predetermined sequence, values that each represent a difference between corresponding pixels in a first block that is obtained by dividing an image that is obtained by reducing a given image that is to be processed and a reference block within a search range in an image that is obtained by reducing a reference image; record, by the processor, corresponding to an interval formed by partitioning a process of cumulatively summing the values when an evaluation value for the reference block is calculated, an amount of increase of the values in the interval; detect, by the processor, a motion vector of the first block, based on a calculation result; compare, by the processor, based on contents of a recorded record, the amounts of increase among the intervals of the process of cumulatively summing the values when the evaluation value is calculated for the reference block represented by the detected motion vector; and determine, by the processor, based on a comparison result, a cumulative sum sequence that is to be used when the evaluation value of the reference block is calculated by cumulatively summing the values that each represent a difference between corresponding pixels in a second block, which is in the given image and corresponds to the first block, and a reference block that is within a search range in the reference image indicated by the motion vector.