US Patent 11638025 Multi-scale optical flow for learned video compression

Systems and techniques are described for encoding and/or decoding data based on motion estimation that applies variable-scale warping. An encoding device can receive an input frame and a reference frame that depict a scene at different times. The encoding device can generate an optical flow identifying movements in the scene between the two frames. The encoding device can generate a weight map identifying how finely or coarsely the reference frame can be warped for input frame prediction. The encoding device can generate encoded video data based on the optical flow and the weight map. A decoding device can generate a reconstructed optical flow and a reconstructed weight map from the encoded data. A decoding device can generate a prediction frame by warping the reference frame based on the reconstructed optical flow and the reconstructed weight map. The decoding device can generate a reconstructed input frame based on the prediction frame.