IP Library Granted Patent US 9,124,902
Granted Patent B2
US 9,124,902 · App. 13/877,074 · Granted Sep 1, 2015

Method and device for interpolating images by using a smoothing interpolation filter

Inventors: Alexander Alshin (Suwon-si, KR); Elena Alshina (Suwon-si, KR); Jianle Chen (Suwon-si, KR); Woo-Jin Han (Suwon-si, KR); Nikolay Shlyakhov (Suwon-si, KR); Yoon-Mi Hong (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04N19/86H04N19/117H04N19/182H04N19/43H04N19/523H04N19/59H04N19/635H04N19/82G06F17/17G06F17/175G06T3/4007G06T5/002
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Patent No.
US 9,124,902
App. No.
13/877,074
Granted
Sep 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method of interpolating an image by determining interpolation filter coefficients, and an apparatus for performing the same. The method includes: differently selecting an interpolation filter, from among interpolation filters for generating at least one sub-pel-unit pixel value located between integer-pel-unit pixels, based on a sub-pel-unit interpolation location and a smoothness; and generating the at least one sub-pel-unit pixel value by interpolating, using the selected interpolation filter, pixel values of the integer-pel-unit pixels.

Claims (9)

1. A method of motion compensation, the method comprising:

determining, in a luma reference picture, a luma reference block for prediction of a current block, by using a luma motion vector of the current block;

generating a luma sample of a 2/4-pixel location included in the luma reference block by applying an 8-tap filter to luma samples of an integer pixel location of the luma reference picture;

determining, in a chroma reference picture, a chroma reference block for prediction of a current block, by using a chroma motion vector of the current block; and

generating at least one chroma sample of at least one of ⅛, 2/8, and ⅜-pixel locations included in the chroma reference block by applying a 4-tap filter to chroma samples of an integer pixel location of the chroma reference picture;

wherein the 8-tap filter includes eight filter coefficients, and

the 4-tap filter includes four filter coefficients.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the luma sample comprises: scaling the luma sample generated by applying the 8-tap filter by using a luma scaling factor that a sum of coefficients of the 8-tap filter is 1.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the at least one chroma sample comprises scaling the chroma sample generated by applying the 4-tap filter by using a chroma scaling factor that a sum of coefficients of the 4-tap filter is 1.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2013
From: ALSHIN, ALEXANDER; ALSHINA, ELENA; CHEN, JIANLE; HAN, WOO-JIN; SHLYAKHOV, NIKOLAY; HONG, YOON-MI
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030117/0507 →
Continuity (5)
Provisional Application 61388264 · Sep 30, 2010
Provisional Application 61426479 · Dec 22, 2010
Provisional Application 61431909 · Jan 12, 2011
Provisional Application 61450775 · Mar 9, 2011
Related Publication 20130182780A1 · Jul 18, 2013