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A Fast Block Matching Algorithm using Unit-Diamond and Flat-Hexagonal Search Patterns

단위 다이아몬드와 납작한 육각패턴을 이용한 고속 블록 정합 알고리즘

  • 남현우 (아주대학교 정보통신대학) ;
  • 위영철 (아주대학교 정보 및 컴퓨터공학부) ;
  • 김하진 (아주대학교 정보 및 컴퓨터공학부)
  • Published : 2004.02.01
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Abstract

In the block matching algorithm, search patterns of different shapes or sizes and the distribution of motion vectors have a large impact on both the searching speed and the image quality. In this paper, we propose a new fast block matching algorithm using the unit-diamond search pattern and the flat-hexagon search pattern. Our algorithm first finds the motion vectors that are close to the center of search window using the unit-diamond search pattern, and then fastly finds the other motion vectors that are not close to the center of search window using the flat-hexagon search pattern. Through experiments, compared with the hexagon-based search algorithm(HEXBS), the proposed unit-diamond and flat-hexagonal pattern search algorithm(UDFHS) improves as high as 11∼51% in terms of average number of search point per motion vector estimation and improves about 0.05∼0.74㏈ in terms of PSNR(Peak Signal to Noise Ratio).

서로 다른 형태와 크기를 가지는 탐색패턴과 움직임 벡터의 분포는 블록 정합 알고리즘에서 탐색 속도와 화질을 좌우하는 중요한 요소이다. 본 논문에서는 단위 다이아몬드패턴과 납작한 육각패턴을 이용한 새로운 고속 블록 정합 알고리즘을 제안한다. 이 알고리즘은 단위 다이아몬드패턴을 이용하여 적은 탐색점으로 움직임이 적은 벡터를 우선 찾은 다음에 움직임이 큰 벡터에 대해서는 납작한 육각패턴을 이용하여 고속으로 움직임 벡터를 찾게 하였다. 실험결과, 제안된 알고리즘은 육각패턴 탐색 알고리즘에 비하여 움직임 벡터 예측의 속도에 있어서 약 11∼51%의 높은 성능 향상을 보였으며 화질 또한 PSNR 기준으로 약 0.05∼0.74㏈의 향상을 보였다.

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