A low-power oriented architecture for H.264 variable block size motion estimation based on a resource sharing scheme

In the Advanced Video Coding (AVC) standard, motion estimation (ME) adopts many new features to increase the coding performances such as block matching algorithm (BMA), motion vector prediction (MVP) and variable block size motion estimation (VBSME). However, VBSME is utilized in the MPEG4-AVC/H.264 standard which leads to high computational complexity and data dependency that make the hardware implementation very complex.     

立体图像编码中的子空间投影技术

描述的子空间投影技术（SPT）是一种把视差补偿（DC）和二维低阶近似相结合的立体图像编码方法。这种算法可以随着立体对交叉相关特性的改变而局部自适应。在视差估计失败的遮挡区域,由低阶近似提供比较理想的投影图像,并通过零阶项对立体对的光学度变化进行补偿。实验结果表明,SPT方法其峰值信噪比（PSNR）高于像块尺寸固定的视差补偿算法。     

Efficient multi-view video coding using inter-view information

Multi-view video coding (MVC) has been extended from H.264/AVC to improve the coding efficiency of multi-view video. This paper proposes a fast mode decision algorithm which can make an early decision on the correct mode partition to solve the issue of the enormous computational complexity. The best modes of the reference views are utilized to determine the complexity of the macroblock (MB) in the current view, the mode candidates needed to be calculated can then be obtained according to the complexity. If the complexity is low or medium, the search range can be reduced. The threshold of the rate-distortion cost for the current MB is calculated using the co-located and neighboring MBs in previously coded view and is utilized as the criterion for early termination. The motion vector difference in the reference view is applied to dynamically adjust the search range in the current MB. Experimental results prove that the proposed algorithm achieves a time saving of 81.05% for a fast TZ search and 87.85% for full search, and still maintains quality performance and bitrate.     

空时相关多分辨运动估计算法

本文提出了一个新的序列图象运动矢量估计算法:空时相关多分辨运动估计算法,充分利用运动矢量场在空域相邻块,时域物体运动和分层父子块之间的相关性降低运动搜索范围。达到比三步法还要少的搜索次数,运动补偿增益和运动矢量熵均比三步法有明显改善.     

一种提高H.261编码性能的实现方法

研究表明采用最小均方误差或绝对误差准则的块匹配运动估值算法对H.261编码器来说不是最好的。本文提出了一种改进的块匹配运动估值算法。它所采用的准则不仅考虑了预测误差能量的大小,还考虑了运动矢量信息以及帧间预测误差的编码比特数目的多少.实验结果表明新的准则能够显著地改善H.261的编码性能。     

基于运动矢量插值的运动补偿算法

本文首先研究了相关性约束运动估值算法,然后提出了基于运动矢量插值的运动估值算法,实验表明新算法的预测性能明显比传统块匹配运动估值算法(BMA)好,而且预测图象的主观质量得到显著改善。     

POLYNOMIAL MODEL BASED FAST FRACTIONAL PIXEL SEARCH ALGORITHM FOR H.264/AVC

This paper proposed a novel fast fractional pixel search algorithm based on polynomial model. With the analysis of distribution characteristics of motion compensation error surface inside tractional pixel searching window, the matching error is fitted with parabola along horizontal and vertical direction respectively. The proposcd searching strategy needs to check only 6 points rather than 16 or 24 points, which are used in the l lierarchical Fractional Pel Search algorithm （HFPS） for 1/4-pel and 1/8-pel Motion Estimation （ME）. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm shows very good capability in keeping the rate distortion performance while reduces computation load to a large extent compared with HFPS algorithm.     

一种改进的UMHexagonS运动估计算法

在视频编码中,运动估计占据约70%的编码时间,是视频编码中的重要环节。整像素运动搜索UMHexagon S算法以较低的计算复杂度,达到了接近全搜索算法的率失真性能,而被H.264和AVS等标准所采纳。在分析UMHexagon S算法的基础上,对其非对称十字形搜索和非均匀多层次六边形格点搜索算法进行了改进。实验表明,在基本保持原算法性能的同时,该算法比原算法减少了60%~70%的搜索点数,降低了运动估计的计算复杂度。     

一种搜索形状可变的快速运动估计算法

本文提出了一种以菱形和六边形联合搜索为基础的搜索形状可变(ＶＳＳ)的运动估计快速算法,何用于Ｈ．２６３、ＭＰＥＧ２、ＭＰＥＧ４中的视频编码。试验结果表明,在获得与现有ＴＳＳ、ＮＴＳＳ、４ＳＳ和ＤＳ等快速算法相当的图像质量和信噪比的情况下,该算法有效减少了搜索次数,提高了搜索效率,尤其对于中大运动量的视频图像运动估计效果更为明显。     

基于运动矢量场和方向自适应的快速运动估计算法

该文提出了一种基于运动矢量场和方向自适应的快速搜索算法。算法针对序列图像的运动矢量场所具有的中心偏置性和时空相关性进行预判,对静止块设定阈值直接中止搜索;根据运动类型自适应选择搜索起始点和搜索策略;采用了两种新的混合搜索方法,对小运动和大运动宏块使用线性-菱形搜索,对中等运动块使用六边形-菱形搜索算法,搜索模板具有强烈的方向特性。实验结果表明,该文算法的搜索速度和搜索精度优于现有的快速运动估计算法,而搜索精度非常接近于全搜索法。     

Iterative search strategy with selective bi-directional prediction for low complexity multiview video coding

The multiview video coding (MVC) extension of H.264/AVC is the emerging standard for compression of impressive 3D and free-viewpoint video. The coding structure in MVC adopts motion and disparity estimation to exploit temporal and inter-view dependencies in MVC. It results in a considerable increase in encoding complexity. Most of the computational burden comes from uni-directional and bi-directional prediction. In this paper, an iterative search strategy is designed to speed up the uni-directional prediction in MVC. It can work with an adaptive search range adjustment through a confidence measure of a loop constraint to obtain both motion and disparity vectors jointly. Furthermore, a selective bi-directional prediction algorithm is proposed to enhance the coding performance by analyzing the statistical characteristics of bi-directional prediction in MVC. Experimental results demonstrate that, by using the proposed fast search, the temporal and inter-view redundancies of multiview video can be eliminated sufficiently with low complexity.     

一种用于MPEG-4形状编码的快速运动估计算法

该文提出了一种用于MPEG-4形状编码的快速运动估计算法。该算法利用了形状编码及形状信息的固有特性,即基于上下文的运动估计特性、相邻二值alpha块的运动矢量相关性以及形状信息的二值特性。模拟结果表明,该算法具有运算量少、处理速度快的特点,适用于MPEG-4形状编码的实时软件实现。     

会议电视编码中的块自适应递归算法

本文提出了一种计算会议电视位移矢量D的新算法。这种新算法称为块自适应递归算法。模拟结果表明,这种新算法比现有的同类算法有更好的性能。     

亚象素运动估值快速算法

高精度的匹配和补偿可以减少预测误差，提高视频图像的压缩效果。文中提出了一种亚象素精度视频运动估值的快速算法，根据半象素精度运动估值的中间结果，直接推算出更高精度的运动估值。该算法为高精度亚象素运动估值的研究提供了算法保证。     

立体视频图像编码的研究进展

从编码方案、关键技术和评价准则3个方面综述了立体视频图像编码研究的发展.阐明了各种编码方案的特点及适用范围.详细分析了立体视频图像编码中视差估计、运动估计、遮挡检测、残差图像编码和码率控制5大关键技术,总结了各项技术的发展现状.最后指出了立体视频图像编码研究中存在的问题,并对未来的研究方向进行了展望.     

Improvement of region-based motion estimation by considering uncovered regions

In natural video sequences, object movement causes regions to be covered or uncovered. Conventional algorithms for region-based motion estimation do not take uncovered regions into full account. Uncovered regions seriously decrease the accuracy of motion estimation. This paper presents an algorithm for increasing the motion estimation accuracy. This algorithm detects uncovered regions and uses them to improve image segmentation and motion estimation. Experimental results show that the presented algorithm is effective in reducing the displaced frame difference, without introducing any extra information for coding applications.