• Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.227-234
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• 2009

The Paper introduces a new technique for block matching motion estimation. since the temporal correlation of a animation sequence between the motion vector of current block and the motion vector of previous block. In this paper, we propose the scene change detection algorithm for block matching using the temporal correlation of the animation sequence and the center-biased property of motion vectors. The proposed algorithm determines the location of a better starting point for the search of an exact motion vector using the point of the smallest SAD(sum of absolute difference) value by the predicted motion vector from the same block of the previous frame and the predictor candidate point on each search region. Simulation results show that the PSNR values are improved as high as 9~32% in terms of average number of search point per motion vector estimation and improved about 0.06~0.21dB on an average except the FS(full search) algorithm.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 1999.10b
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• pp.245-247
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• 1999

본 논문은 MPEG-2 TM 5 비디오 부호기의 움직임 예측(motion estimation) 처리과정을 소개한다. 비디오에는 공간의 중복성보다 시간의 중복성이 훨씬 많다. 따라서 시간의 중복성을 찾아내는 것이 압축의 효율을 높이는 중요한 척도가 된다. MPEG-2 부호기는 움직임 예측 알고리즘을 사용하여 시간의 중복성을 줄여 압축 효율을 높인다. 움직임 예측은 참조 블록의 위치로부터 원래 블록의 위치를 추정하여 최적의 움직임 벡터를 찾는 과정이다. PMEG-2에서의 움직임 예측은 full search 알고리즘을 사용하여 마지막으로 hlaf pel로 산출한다. 본 논문에서는 MPEG-2 움직임 예측 과정을 frame estimation, field estimation, picture 타입에 따른 estimation, 움직임 예측을 위한 블록 매칭 알고리즘, full search 방법 및 움직임 벡터에 대하여 소개한다.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.303-310
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• 2007

Motion Estimation (ME) is a core part of most Video compression systems since it affects directly the output video quality and the encoding time. The most basic method of ME, Full Search (FS) gives the highest visual quality but also has the problem of significant computational load. To solve this problem, many fast algorithm has been proposed. Among them, MVFAST and PMVFAST show impressive results in video quality and the computational load by using the correlation between motion vectors of adjacent blocks. In particular, PMVFAST reduces search points dramatically and also gives very high video quality by using the median predictor. In this paper, we propose a new algorithm that uses the redefined median predictor which reduces the number of search points and yields a high visual quality by reducing the number of thresholds and early termination conditions.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.772-779
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• 2015

This paper presents a power-efficient hardware realization for a motion estimation technique that is based on the full-search block matching algorithm (FSBMA). The considered input is the quarter common intermediate format of digital video. The mean of absolute difference (MAD) is the distortion criteria employed for the block matching process. The conventional architecture considered for the hardware realization of FSBMA is that of the shift register-based 2-D systolic array. For this architecture, a conservative approximation technique is adapted to eliminate unnecessary MAD computations involved in the block matching process. Upon introducing the technique to the conventional architecture, the power and complexity of its implantation is reduced, while the accuracy of the motion vector extracted from the block matching process is preserved. The proposed architecture is verified for its functional specifications. A performance evaluation of the proposed architecture is carried out using parameters such as power, area, operating frequency, and efficiency.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.44 no.3
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• pp.16-22
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• 2007

Motion Estimation time in the H.264 has a large portion of encoding time and must be improved for real time application. Most of proposed motion estimation algorithm including Sub-pixel search use the fast search algorithm to speed up motion estimation by targeting the performance of full search in the reference code. This paper proposes a novel fast sub-pixel search control algorithm for H.264 encoder by using neighbor motion vector after analyzing the encoded Motion vector of video sequence. In addition the horizontal/vertical searching method is proposed with the horizontal/vertical directionality of motion vector. And the evaluation is performed with the proposed algorithms and other reference algorithms.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.10B no.7
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• pp.811-814
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• 2003

In this paper, we propose a fast block-matching motion estimation method using the cross pattern and the hexagonal pattern. For the block-matching motion estimation method, full search finds the best motion estimation, but it requires huge search time because it has to check every search point within the search window. The proposed method makes use of the fact that most of motion vectors lie near the center of block. The proposed method first uses the cross pattern to search near the center of block, and then uses the hexagonal pattern to search larger motion vectors. Experimental results show that our method is better than recently proposed search algorithms in terms of mean-square error performance and required search time.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.658-663
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• 2018

In this paper, we consider node deployment algorithms for the sequence-based localization (SBL) which is recently employed for in-door positioning systems, Whereas previous node selection or deployment algorithms seek to place nodes at centrold of the region where more targets are likely to be found, we observe that the boundaries dividing such regions can be good locations for the nodes in SBL systems. Motivated by this observation, we propose an efficient node deployment algorithm that determines the boundaries by using the well-known K-means algorithm and find the potential node locations based on the bi-section method for low-complexity design. We demonstrate through experiments that the proposed algorithm achieves significant localization performance over random node allocation with a substantially reduced complexity as compared with a full search.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.199-205
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• 2018

So many fast motion estimation algorithms for prediction quality and computational reduction have been published due to tremendous computations of full search algorithm. In the paper, we suggest an algorithm that reduces computation effectively, while keeping prediction quality as almost same as that of the full search. The proposed algorithm based on multiple threshold filter calculates the sum of partial block matching error for each candidate, selects the candidates for the next step, compares the stability of optimal candidates with minimum error, removes impossible candidates, and calculates optimal motion vectors by determining the progress of the next step. By doing that, we can find the minimum error point as soon as possible and obtain the better performance of calculation speed by reducing unnecessary computations. The proposed algorithm can be combined with conventional fast motion estimation algorithms as well as by itself, further reduce computation while keeping the prediction quality as almost same as the algorithms, and prove it in the experimental results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.209-212
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• 2013

본 논문에서 적응적 탐색 영역(Adaptive Search Range)을 이용하여 개선한 제한된 1비트 변환 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 이 변환은 전역 검색 알고리즘 (Full Search Algorithm)을 사용한다. 그러나 이것은 매우 많은 연산량과 복잡도를 가진다. 제안된 알고리즘에서는 각 블록의 탐색범위를 결정하기 위한 움직임 벡터 (Motion Vector)와 함께 제한된 1비트 변환 알고리즘의 제한된 마스크 (Constrained Mask)를 사용한다. 실험결과를 통해 제안된 알고리즘은 움직임 예측의 정확도에 대한 성능을 비슷하게 유지하면서 평균적으로 Search Point의 수를 84% 줄일 수 있음을 보여준다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2001.10c
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• pp.781-783
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• 2001

동영상을 효율적으로 압축하기 위한 움직임벡터 예측에 관한 많은 연구가 진행되어 왔다. 가장 일반적인 FBMA(Full search-based Block Matching Algorithm)는 화질은 좋지만 계산량이 많기 때문에 실시간 인코딩을 요구하는 시스템에서 사용하는데 문제가 있다. 좋은 화질을 유지하면서 인코딩 속도를 해결하기 위한 많은 알고리즘들이 제안되어 왔지만 ASIC이나 소형 시스템에서 사용할 수 있는 방법이 계속 요구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 계산량을 더욱 줄여 속도향상을 가져오면서 FBMA와 비숫한 SNR을 유지하는 방법인 NMS(New Fast Motion Estimation Search With Subsmapling Method)를 제안하였다. NMS는 서브샘플림한 값을 이용하여 SAD값을 구하고 또한 새로운 Search를 제안하여 기존 방법들이 제공하는 주관적 화질이나 PSNR을 높게 유지하면서도 속도를 10~15% 정도 개선시킬 수 있다.