REDUCING THE LATENCY OF A MOTION ESTIMATION BASED VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM

摘要

A method and system for performing motion estimation on a video image in successive image processing steps in an image processing system is disclosed. According to an embodiment a first motion estimation scan is performed using a first motion estimator at a first image processing step in a first direction and a second motion estimation scan is performed using the first motion estimator at the first processing step in a second direction. A first motion estimation scan is performed using a second motion estimator at a second image processing step in the second direction and a second motion estimation scan is performed using the second motion estimator at the second processing step in the first direction. Latency is reduced as the second motion estimator may begin its first motion estimation scan before the second motion estimation scan of the first motion estimator ends.