The disclosed method provides a new resolution of the aperture problem, which
is one of the basic problems present in motion estimation technology. The method
constitutes a resolution of this problem by means of adaptive transfer to smaller
blocks. The approach consists of adaptive partitioning of the picture with the
use of quadratic trees. If an aperture problem is detected in the block, then the
block partitions with the help of quadratic trees into smaller blocks. The partitioning
continues until either the aperture problem is resolved or the smallest size block
is reached. Through the use of this method, the aperture problem is successfully
resolved without substantial loss in the degree of compression.
