| 摘要 |
The present invention provides a motion vector detecting device or method by which dependable motion vectors are detected. The device, according to one aspect of the invention, searches for a similar block in a previous image to a subject block in both a first area (S) expanding from a corresponding position to the subject block and a second area (M) expanding from a position indicated by a predictive vector and detecting a motion vector according to a result of the searching. Because there is a fair possibility of the similar block occuring in both the first and second areas. <IMAGE> |
