Patent ID: 9596481
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An apparatus for facilitating processing image data of video frames comprising: a processing component configured to process a reference frame to produce an output frame including: the processing component configured to produce comparison metrics for a reference frame pel of the reference frame block based on a comparison of the reference frame pel and a plurality of neighboring reference frame pels with pels of the prior output frame including: the processing component configured to determine a pel of the output frame that corresponds to the reference frame pel using the first and second comparison metrics; wherein the processing component is configured to use the first comparison metric to determine a first gain for use in blending the reference frame pel with a corresponding pel of the prior output frame to produce a first blended pel and to use the second comparison metric to determine a second gain for use in blending the reference frame pel with a corresponding pel of the motion compensated prior output frame to produce a second blended pel; and wherein the processing component is configured to produce the first and second blended pels and to use the first and second comparison metrics, a motion vector variance value, and a motion vector metric to determine a third gain for use in blending the first and second blended pels to produce a third blended pel upon which the output frame pel corresponding to the reference frame pel is based.