Patent ID: 7068721
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for coding a digitized picture, the method which comprises: providing a digitized picture having pixels and providing coding information allocated to the pixels; grouping the pixels into picture blocks; grouping the picture blocks to form at least a first picture region and a second picture region; determining an overall motion vector, the overall motion vector describing a shift of the first picture region in comparison to at least one of the first picture region in a previous predecessor picture and the first picture region in a subsequent successor picture; allocating the overall motion vector to at least some of the picture blocks in the second picture region; determining respective motion vectors for the picture blocks in the first picture region and allocating the respective motion vectors to the picture blocks in the first picture region; and coding the coding information of the picture blocks, the motion vectors and the overall motion vector.