• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.235-244
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• 2022

Many new techniques have been adopted in HEVC (High efficiency video coding) standard, such as quadtree-structured coding unit (CU), prediction unit (PU) partition, 35 intra-mode, and so on. To reduce computational complexity, the paper proposes two optimization algorithms which include fast CU depth range decision and fast PU partition mode decision. Firstly, depth range of CU is predicted according to spatial-temporal correlation. Secondly, we utilize the depth difference between the current CU and CU corresponding to the same position of adjacent frame for PU mode range selection. The number of traversal candidate modes is reduced. The experiment result shows the proposed algorithm obtains a lot of time reducing, and the loss of coding efficiency is inappreciable.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.158-165
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• 2014

최신 동영상 압축 표준 기술인 HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding)는 기존의 AVC/H.264와 비교하여 동일 화질 대비 약 2배의 높은 압축률을 보여준다. 하지만 이러한 성능을 얻기 위하여 복잡한 연산이 필요한 기법들을 많이 도입한 결과, HEVC의 시간 복잡도는 AVC/H.264보다 더욱 증가하게 되었다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 다양한 고속 알고리즘 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 HEVC에 구현된 RMD (Rough Mode Decision)의 결과와 MPM (Most Probable Mode)을 활용하여 고속화된 최적 예측 모드 결정 방법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법은 RMD 과정에서 계산한 예측 방향과 MPM 도출 과정에서 계산한 예측 방향을 비교하여 최적 예측 방향을 선정한다. 이 방법을 All-Intra 환경에서 실험한 결과, 평균 0.8%의 BD-rate 손실이 발생하였고 전체 부호화 실행 시간은 평균 26% 감소하였다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 심포지엄 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.20-22
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• 2007

The H.264/AVC standard developed by the joint Video Team (JVT) provides better coding efficiency than previous standards. The new emerging H.264/AVC employs variable block size motion estimation using multiple reference frame with 1/4-pel MV(Motion Vector) accuracy. These techniques are a important feature to accomplish higher coding efficiency. However, these techniques are increased overall computational complexity. To overcome this problem, this paper proposes advanced fast mode decision suited for variable block size by classifying inter mode based on Rate Distortion Optimization(RDO) technique. Proposed algorithm is going to use to implement H/W structure for fast mode decision. The experimental results shows that the proposed algorithm provides significant reduction computational complexity without any noticeable coding loss and additional computation. Entire computational complexity is decreased about 30%.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2007년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.265-266
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• 2007

New coding tools require the increase of the encoder complexity in H.264. In this paper we propose a fast mode decision method to reduce the computational complexity of mode decision. The simulation results shows that the proposed methods could reduce the coding time of overall sequences by 30% on average without any noticeable degradation of the coding efficiency.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제51권10호
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• pp.154-163
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 HEVC를 위한 고속 화면내 부호화 모드 결정 방법을 제안한다. 제안방법은 화면내 부호화의 RMD(Rough Mode Decision) 및 RDO(Rate-Distortion Optimization) 과정에서 고려하는 각 후보 수를 줄여 화면내 부호화 과정에서의 복잡도를 감소시킨다. RMD가 고려하는 후보 수를 줄이기 위하여 영상의 에지 방향성 및 강도를 활용하며, RDO가 고려하는 후보수를 줄이기 위하여 상대적 RMD cost 차이를 이용한다. 실험결과에서는 제안방법이 약 0.79% BD-rate의 부호화 손실만으로 26.81%의 부호화 복잡도를 감소시켰음을 보인다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.736-744
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• 2007

We propose a fast macroblock (MB) mode prediction and decision algorithm based on temporal correlation for P-slices in the H.264/AVC video standard. There are eight block types for temporal decorrelation, including SKIP mode based on rate-distortion (RD) optimization. This scheme gives rise to exhaustive computations (search) in the coding procedure. To overcome this problem, a thresholding method for fast inter mode decision using a MB tracking scheme to find the most correlated block and RD cost of the correlated block is suggested for early stop of the inter mode determination. We propose a two-step inter mode candidate selection method using statistical analysis. In the first step, a mode is selected based on the mode information of the co-located MB from the previous frame. Then, an adaptive thresholding scheme is applied using the RD cost of the most correlated MB. Secondly, additional candidate modes are considered to determine the best mode of the initial candidate modes that does not satisfy the designed thresholding rule. Comparative analysis shows that a speed-up factor of up to 70.59% is obtained when compared with the full mode search method with a negligible bit increment and a minimal loss of image quality.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.165-173
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• 2004

최근에 표준화가 완료된 H.264 비디오 부호화 표준은 기존 표준에 비해 높은 부호화 효율을 제공한다. H.264에는 움직임 보상 부호화를 위해 블록 크기에 따른 7가지 모드가 있으며, 인트라 부호화를 위해서는 인트라 예측 방향에 따라 다양한 모드를 지원한다. 이렇게 다양한 모드 중에서 가장 부호화 효율이 높은 모드를 결정하기 위하여, H.264 참조 모델은 복잡도가 높은 비트율-왜곡(Rate distortion) 최적화 기법을 채택하고 있다. 본 논문에서 제안한 '조기 SKIP 모드 결정법'과 '선택적 인트라 모드 생략법'은, 부호화 효율의 큰 감소 없이 H.264의 모드 결정에 소요되는 비트율-왜곡치(Rate distortion cost) 계산수를 평균 72% 감소 시켰으며, 전체 부호화 시간도 평균 30% 감소시켰다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.270-280
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• 2013

A fast intra-prediction method is proposed for High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) using a fast intra-mode decision and fast coding unit (CU) size decision. HEVC supports very sophisticated intra modes and a recursive quadtree-based CU structure. To provide a high coding efficiency, the mode and CU size are selected in a rate-distortion optimized manner. This causes a high computational complexity in the encoder, and, for practical applications, the complexity should be significantly reduced. In this paper, among the many predefined modes, the intra-prediction mode is chosen without rate-distortion optimization processes, instead using the difference between the minimum and second minimum of the rate-distortion cost estimation based on the Hadamard transform. The experiment results show that the proposed method achieves a 49.04% reduction in the intra-prediction time and a 32.74% reduction in the total encoding time with a nearly similar coding performance to that of HEVC test model 2.1.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.1128-1139
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• 2012

With the development of three-dimensional display and related technologies, depth video coding becomes a new topic and attracts great attention from industries and research institutes. Because (1) the depth video is not a sequence of images for final viewing by end users but an aid for rendering, and (2) depth video is simpler than the corresponding color video, fast algorithm for depth video is necessary and possible to reduce the computational burden of the encoder. This paper proposes a fast mode decision algorithm for depth video coding based on depth segmentation. Firstly, based on depth perception, the depth video is segmented into three regions: edge, foreground and background. Then, different mode candidates are searched to decide the encoding macroblock mode. Finally, encoding time, bit rate and video quality of virtual view of the proposed algorithm are tested. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm save encoding time ranging from 82.49% to 93.21% with negligible quality degradation of rendered virtual view image and bit rate increment.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.149-157
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• 2015

The 3D-AVC standard aims at improving coding efficiency by applying new techniques for utilizing intra, inter and view predictions. 3D video scenes are rendered with existing texture video and additional depth map. The depth map comes at the expense of increased computational complexity of the encoding process. For real-time applications, reducing the complexity of 3D-AVC is very important. In this paper, we present a fast intra mode decision algorithm to reduce the complexity burden in the 3D video system. The proposed algorithm uses similarity between texture video and depth map. The best intra prediction mode of the depth map is similar to that of the corresponding texture video. The early decision algorithm can be made on the intra prediction of depth map coding by using the coded intra mode of texture video. Adaptive threshold for early termination is also proposed. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm saves the encoding time on average 29.7% without any significant loss in terms of the bit rate or PSNR value.