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http://dx.doi.org/10.7840/kics.2012.37A.8.669

Fast Integer-Pel Motion Estimation Based on Statistical Property for H.264/AVC  

Noh, Jin-Young (숭실대학교 대학원 정보통신공학과 영상처리연구실)
Hong, Min-Cheol (숭실대학교 정보통신전자공학부)
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The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences / v.37, no.8A, 2012 , pp. 669-678 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we propose an efficient fast integer-pel motion estimation for H.264/AVC using local statistics of local motion vectors. Using neighboring motion vectors, we define a new statistical property that is used to determine a mode of motion search range of current block. In addition, an adaptive motion search range compensated method that is based on cumulative statistics of previous coded blocks is addressed to solve the problem of the statistical motion search range decision method. Experimental results show that proposed algorithm has the capability to reduce the computational cost over the other methods.
Keywords
H.264/AVC;
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