• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.153-157
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• 2006

기존의 탐색 알고리즘은 탐색 창 내의 원점에서 탐색을 시작한다. 하지만 영상은 일정한 방향으로 규칙적으로 움직이는 것이 많기 때문에 Frame$_t$ 의 움직임 벡터(MV)가 Frame$_{t-1}$의 움직임 벡터와 같을 가능성이 크다. 이를 참고하여 본 논문에서는 시작점을 원점뿐만 아니라 Frame$_{t-1}$의 MV까지도 예측 시작점으로 선택하여 탐색의 시작점을 다양화 하였다. 실험 결과 탐색 시작점을 다양화 함으로써 full search를 제외한 diamond search, hexagonal search, 4 step search등 기존의 탐색 알고리즘보다 30$\sim$80% 더 작은 SAD값을 구할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.13 no.8
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• pp.1527-1533
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• 2009

In this paper, we design directional search pattern using motion direction biased characteristics of MVP distribution, and proposes a direction applied cross diamond search method that adaptively change search pattern according to moving direction of search point. Proposed method predict motion vectors from neighbor macro blocks, and define initial motion direction by using predicted motion vectors. It improve search efficiency by using alternately proposed search pattern according to motion direction of BMP in search process. The simulation results show that proposed method is able to fast motion estimation compared with conventional cross diamond search, according as it reduce computational complexity that is required of motion estimation with $0.43%{\sim}1.76%$.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.73-78
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• 2004

By modeling the block matching algorithm as a function of the correlation of image blocks, we derive search patterns for fast block matching motion estimation. The proposed approach provides an analytical support lot the diamond-shape search pattern, which is widely used in fast block matching algorithms. We also propose a new fast motion estimation algorithm using adaptive search patterns and statistical properties of the object displacement. In order to select an appropriate search pattern, we exploit the relationship between the motion vector and the block differences. By changing the search pattern adaptively, we improve motion prediction accuracy while reducing required computational complexity compared to other fast block matching algorithms.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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• v.4 no.12
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• pp.1075-1082
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• 2003

In this paper, we propose an Efficient Center-Biased Hybrid Seearch (ECBHS) for motion estimation based on Center-Biased Hybrid Search(CBHS). This proposed algorithm employ hybrid of a compact plus shaped search, X shaped search, and diamond search to reduce the search point for motion vectors which distributed within 3pels radius of center of search window. ECBHS reduces the computations for motion estimation of CBHS with similar accuracy The efficiency of the proposed algorithm was verified by experimental results.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.11B no.3
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• pp.309-316
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• 2004

In this paper, we proposed the TDS(T-shape Diamond Search) based on the directions of above, below, left and right points to estimate the motion vector fast and more correctly in this method, we exploit the facts that most motion vectors are enclosed in a circular region with a radius of 2 fixels around search center(0,0). At first, the 4 points in the above, below, left and right around the search center is calculated to decide the point of the MBD(Minimum Block Distortion). And then w. above point of the MBD is checked to calculate the SAD. If the SAD of the above point is less than the previous MBD, this process is repeated. Otherwise, the right and left points of MBD are calculated to decide The points that have the MBD between right point and left point. Above processes are repeated to the predicted direction for motion estimation. Especially, if the motions of image are concentrated in the crossing directions, the points of other directions are omitted. As a result, we can estimate motion vectors fast. Experiments show that the speedup improvement of the proposed algorithm over Diamond Search algorithm(DS) and HEXgon Based Search(HEXBS) can be up to 38∼50％ while maintaining similar image Quality.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.338-343
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• 2004

In Block Matching Algorithm (BMA), a search pattern has a very important affect on the search time and the output quality. In this paper, we propose the HDS( Half Diamond Search) pattern based on the cross center-biased distribution property of a motion vector. At lust, the 4 points in the above, below, left, and right around the search center is calculated to decide the point of the MBD (Minimum Block Distortion). And an above point of the MBD is checked to calculate the SAD. If the SAD is less than the previous MBD, this process is repeated. Otherwise, the left and right points of MBD are calculated to decide the points that have the MBD between two points. These processes are repeated to the predicted direction for motion estimation. Experiments show that the speedup improvement of the proposed algorithm can be up to 23% while maintaining similar image quality.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.521-532
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• 2014

ATSC-M/H based hybrid 3DTV, which is one of the service compatible 3DTV system, has considerable quality gap between the left and right views. And CRA(Conditional Replenishment Algorithm) has been proposed to deal with the issue of resolution mismatch and improve the visual quality. In CRA, the disparity vectors of stereoscopic images are estimated. The disparity compensated left view and simply enlarged right view are compared and conditionally selected for generating the enhanced right view. In order to implement CRA, a fast algorithm is strongly required because the disparity vectors need to be obtained at every layer and the complexity of CRA is quite high. In this paper, we adopted SDSP(Small Diamond Search Pattern) instead of full search and predicted the initial position of search pattern by examining the spatio-temporal correlation of disparity vectors and also suggested the SKIP mode to limit the number of processing units. The computer simulation showed that the proposed fast algorithm could greatly reduce the processing time while minimizing the quality degradation of reconstructed right view.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.12 no.1 s.45
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• pp.57-65
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• 2007

In the fast 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 qualify. In this paper, we propose a new fast block matching algorithm using the flat-hexagon search pattern that ate solved disadvantages of the diamond pattern search algorithm(DS) and the hexagon-based search algorithm(HEXBS). Our proposed algorithm finds mainly the motion vectors that not close to the center of search window using the flat-hexagon search pattern. Through experiments, compared with the DS and HEXBS, the proposed f)at-hexagon search algorithm(FHS) improves about $0.4{\sim}21.3%$ in terms of average number of search point per motion vector estimation and improves about $0.009{\sim}0.531dB$ in terms of PSNR(Peak Signal to Noise Ratio).

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.501-504
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• 2005

블록 정합 기법(block matching algorithm, BMA) 중에서 가장 널리 알려진 3 단계 탐색(three-step search, 3SS) 알고리즘은 큰 움직임 추정에 적합하지만 고정된 탐색 점으로 인하여 작은 움직임 추정에는 계산 면에서 낭비가 심하고 탐색이 잘못될 경우가 대부분이다. 한편, 효율적인 3 단계 탐색(efficient three-step search, E3SS)은 중앙-편중된 움직임 추정을 작은 다이아몬드 탐색(small diamond search, SDS) 알고리즘으로 보완하여 예측성과 탐색 속도를 향상시킨 알고리즘이다. 본 논문에서는 탐색 초기 단계에서 탐색 점을 최적 배치하고 E3SS 의 SDS 알고리즘을 변형시킨 탐색 알고리즘을 제안한다. 실험 결과는 제안된 탐색 알고리즘이 E3SS 와 비교하여 평균 22% 정도 계산량을 감소시키면서도 MSE(Mean Square Error)의 성능 저하를 거의 보이지 않는 것으로 나타난다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.1903-1904
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• 2008

이 논문에서는 영상 프레임사이의 움직임 벡터 연구에 기반을 둔 빠른 블록 정합 움직임 추정을 위해 보완된 다이아몬드 탐색 알고리즘을 제안한다. 실험 결과는 제안된 알고리즘이 기존의 다이아몬드 탐색 알고리즘 보다 더 적은 탐색으로 좀 더 빠르게 동작하는 것이 가능하다. 본 알고리즘의 특징은 움직임이 적은 블록에 대해서는 CDS(conjugate direction search) 알고리즘을 적용하여 탐색함으로써 탐색 점의 수를 줄일 수 있어 좀 더 빠르게 움직임 추정을 할 수 있다.