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Block-based Motion Vector Smoothing for Nonrigid Moving Objects  

Sohn, Young-Wook (Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University)
Kang, Moon-Gi (Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University)
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Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP / v.44, no.6, 2007 , pp. 47-53 More about this Journal
Abstract
True motion estimation is necessary for deinterlacing, frame-rate conversion, and film judder compensation. There have been several block-based approaches to find true motion vectors by tracing minimum sum-of-absolute-difference (SAD) values by considering spatial and temporal consistency. However, the algorithms cannot find robust motion vectors when the texture of objects is changed. To find the robust motion vectors in the region, a recursive vector selection scheme and an adaptive weighting parameter are proposed. Previous frame vectors are recursively averaged to be utilized for motion error region. The weighting parameter controls fidelity to input vectors and the recursively averaged ones, where the input vectors come from the conventional estimators. If the input vectors are not reliable, then the mean vectors of the previous frame are used for temporal consistency. Experimental results show more robust motion vectors than those of the conventional methods in time-varying texture objects.
Keywords
block matching; true motion; spatial/temporal consistency; recursive process;
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