(57) ABSTRACT A method, system, and computer programs for improving the image quality
of one or more predicted frames in a video image compression system, where each frame …

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BACKGROUND ART The emergence of various digital video technologies in industries such
as broadcast television, communications networks, consumer electronics, and multimedia …

Overlapped block disparity estimation and compensation is described. Compensating for
images with overlapped block disparity compensation (OBDC) involves determining if OBDC …

(57) ABSTRACT A method and apparatus for image compression using tem poral and
resolution layering of compressed image frames, and which provides encryption and …

(57) ABSTRACT A method, system, and computer programs for improving the image quality
of one or more predicted frames in a video image compression system, where each frame …

Coding 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 …

Jan. 7, 2011, now Pat. No. 8,401,078, which is a con-5.446498 A 8, 1995 Boon tinuation of
application No. 12/644,593, filed on Dec. 5,465. 19 A 1 1/1995 Demos 22, 2009, now Pat …

Coding 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 …

A camera apparatus for encoding a Video Signal received from a photographing unit in
MPEG video format or equiva lent format, encoding an audio signal received from an audio …