| US 7,519,116 B2 | ||
| Teritary content addressable memory based motion estimator | ||
| Gaurav Aggarwal, Bangalore (India); and Rajendra Khare, Bangalore (India) | ||
| Assigned to Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 27, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/900,159. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0023783 A1, Feb. 02, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 375—240.12 [375/240.14; 375/240.25; 375/240.26; 348/716] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A method for encoding a picture, said method comprising:
storing a reference picture in a memory;
taking samples from at least one line of a prediction block;
generating at least one data word, the data word being a function of the samples;
addressing the memory with the at least one data word;
receiving one or more addresses, said one or more addresses associated with one or more blocks; and
selecting a reference block from the one or more blocks for the prediction block.
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