Patent Document ID: 20090115851
Application ID: 12258178
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for selecting a motion vector for a first image block of an image of an image sequence from a number of test vectors, wherein at least one of these test vectors is a motion vector of a further image block that is arranged temporally and/or spatially adjacent to the first image block, or a vector formed by modification of this motion vector, the method comprising the steps of: determining a distance measurement for each test vector, determining a vector length of the test vectors and determining the test vector with the shortest vector length or a first subgroup of test vectors with the shortest vector lengths compared to the other test vectors, determining a modified distance measurement to the shortest test vector or to the test vectors of the subgroup depending on the distance measurement determined to the respective test vector and depending on a length measurement, comparing the modified distance measurement of the shortest motion vector or the modified distance measurements of the test vectors of the first subgroup to the distance measurements of the other test vectors and selecting one of the test vectors depending on this comparison.