Bit allocation and rate control based on human visual sensitivity for interframe coders

Hiroshi Watanabe; Sharad Singhal

doi:10.1109/ICASSP.1992.226161

Bit allocation and rate control based on human visual sensitivity for interframe coders

Hiroshi Watanabe, Sharad Singhal

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Abstract

Bit allocation and rate control form an important part of the strategies used for encoding video. Video coding standards such as the CCITT H.261 and the ISO 11172 [1] allow substantial freedom in the exact methodology used to allocate bits to different parameters and control the output bit rate. Thus, different standard conforming coders can give different picture quality depending on the bit allocation and rate control strategy used at the encoder. In this paper, we propose a new bit allocation and rate control strategy that is based on some assumptions about the sensitivity of the human visual system to distortion. We use the ISO 11172 standard in our examples, although the strategy is equally applicable to other DCT based interframe coding schemes. The new scheme shows considerable quality improvement over conventional schemes in informal subjective tests.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICASSP 1992 - 1992 International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	521-524
Number of pages	4
Volume	3
ISBN (Electronic)	0780305329
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.1992.226161
Publication status	Published - 1992
Externally published	Yes
Event	1992 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 1992 - San Francisco, United States Duration: 1992 Mar 23 → 1992 Mar 26

Other

Other	1992 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 1992
Country	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	92/3/23 → 92/3/26

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Signal Processing
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Bit allocation and rate control based on human visual sensitivity for interframe coders. / Watanabe, Hiroshi; Singhal, Sharad.

ICASSP 1992 - 1992 International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing. Vol. 3 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 1992. p. 521-524 226161.

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Watanabe, H & Singhal, S 1992, Bit allocation and rate control based on human visual sensitivity for interframe coders. in ICASSP 1992 - 1992 International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing. vol. 3, 226161, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 521-524, 1992 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 1992, San Francisco, United States, 92/3/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.1992.226161

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