Macroblock feature and motion involved multi-stage fast inter mode decision algorithm in H.264/AVC video coding

Yiqing Huang*, Qin Liu, Takeshi Ikenaga

*Corresponding author for this work

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4 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

One fast inter mode decision algorithm is proposed in this paper. The whole algorithm is convoluted with block matching process. Firstly, beforeME process, by exploiting spatial and temporal information, a skip mode early detection algorithm is proposed. Also, in this stage, edge gradient is used to filter out unpromising modes. Secondly, during the ME stage, the original search window is separated into several layers and our fast decision scheme works with motion information of each layer. Moreover, before stepping into small modes, the distribution of SAD (sum-of-absolute-difference) and RD (rate distortion) costs of big modes are analyzed in an early stage to accelerate the inter mode decision process. Experiments show that our algorithm can achieve a speed-up factor of up to 66.0% with trivial bit increment and quality degradation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2009 - Proceedings
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages1041-1044
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781424456543
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009 Jan 1
Event2009 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
Duration: 2009 Nov 72009 Nov 10

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
ISSN (Print)1522-4880

Conference

Conference2009 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2009
Country/TerritoryEgypt
CityCairo
Period09/11/709/11/10

Keywords

  • Feature analysis
  • H.264/AVC
  • Mode decision

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Signal Processing

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