Patent Document ID: 8599318
Application ID: 12784793

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: at a video processor, determining a first histogram based upon a first video picture, the first histogram comprising a plurality of bins including a first bin and a second bin; determining for a first clip line of the first histogram a first total number of clipped points that includes a number of points of the first bin clipped by the first clip line and a number of points of the second bin clipped by the first clip line; determining for a second clip line of the first histogram a second total number of clipped points that includes a number of pixels of the first bin clipped by the second clip line and a number of points of the second bin clipped by the second clip line, wherein determining the first total number and the second total number occurs concurrently; determining a first translation matrix based upon the first histogram of the first video picture; and translating a second video picture based upon the first translation matrix.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first translation matrix is further based upon a second translation matrix that was generated prior to the second translation matrix.