Fast Motion Estimation and Intermode Selection for H.264

<p/> <p>H.264/AVC provides various useful features such as improved coding efficiency and error robustness. These features enable mobile devices to adopt H.264 standard to achieve effective video communications. However, the encoder complexity is greatly increased mainly due to motion es...

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Main Authors: Choi Byeong-Doo, Nam Ju-Hun, Hwang Min-Cheol, Ko Sung-Jea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2006-01-01
Series:EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/ASP/2006/71643
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Summary:<p/> <p>H.264/AVC provides various useful features such as improved coding efficiency and error robustness. These features enable mobile devices to adopt H.264 standard to achieve effective video communications. However, the encoder complexity is greatly increased mainly due to motion estimation (ME) and mode decision. In this paper, we propose a new scheme to jointly optimize intermode selection and ME using the multiresolution analysis. Experimental results show that the proposed method is over 3 times faster than other existing methods while maintaining the coding efficiency.</p>
ISSN:1687-6172
1687-6180