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Patent US8111754 - Interpolation of video compression frames - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsCoding techniques for a video image compression system involve improving an image quality of a sequence of two or more bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames, where each of the frames includes multiple pixels. One method involves determining a brightness value of at least one pixel of each bi-directionally...http://www.google.ca/patents/US8111754?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8111754 - Interpolation of video compression framesAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS8111754 B1Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 13/272,339Publication date7 Feb 2012Filing date13 Oct 2011Priority date11 Jul 2001Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS20120033733Publication number13272339, 272339, US 8111754 B1, US 8111754B1, US-B1-8111754, US8111754 B1, US8111754B1InventorsGary A. DemosOriginal AssigneeDolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (103), Non-Patent Citations (99), Referenced by (38), Classifications (6), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetInterpolation of video compression frames
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