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An Adaptive Intra Coding Technique Using 1-D and 2-D Integer Transforms  

Park, Min-Cheol (Information & Telecommunications Research Institute, Dept. of Information & Communications Engineering, Sejong University)
Kim, Dong-Won (Information & Telecommunications Research Institute, Dept. of Information & Communications Engineering, Sejong University)
Moon, Joo-Hee (Information & Telecommunications Research Institute, Dept. of Information & Communications Engineering, Sejong University)
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Abstract
In this paper, we propose a new adaptive intra coding technique using 1-D and 2-D integer transforms for improving coding efficiency of H.264/AVC. Proposed technique selects the most effective transform and prediction mode for each block after processing 1-D and 2-D transforms of all prediction modes. In case of using 1-D transform, $4{\times}4$ block is divided into four $1{\times}4$ or $4{\times}1$ subblocks and then each subblock is predicted and subtracted by using the decoded subblock located at the nearest position in the direction of prediction. After prediction error subblock is processed by 1-D transform and quantization, four subblocks are merged back into original $4{\times}4$ block and then, reordered as 1-D signal by a DC biased zigzag scanning pattern according to the prediction mode. Finally, comparing the coding efficiency between bitstreams based on 1-D transform and conventional 2-D transform, prediction mode and quantized coefficients for each block are decided and corresponding quantized coefficients are transmitted. Experimental results show that the proposed adaptive technique increases 0.34dB in BD-PSNR and decreases 4.03% in BD-Bitrate on the average compared with H.264/AVC.
Keywords
H.264/AVC; Intra Coding; Mode Dependent Subblock; 1-D Integer Transform;
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