Fast macroblock encoding algorithm based on rate-distortion activity for multiview video coding

Multiview video coding (MVC) is the appendix H of H.264/AVC, and it requires a great amount of time to compress multiple viewpoints׳ video with complex prediction structures. To reduce the whole computational complexity of MVC, this paper proposes a fast macroblock (MB) encoding algorithm based on r...

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Vydáno v:Signal processing. Image communication Ročník 29; číslo 10; s. 1063 - 1078
Hlavní autoři: Zhu, Wei, Zheng, Yayu, Chen, Peng, Feng, Jie
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Elsevier B.V 01.11.2014
Témata:
Algorithms
Anchors
Coding
Disparity estimation
Encoders
Encoding
Mathematical analysis
Mode decision
Motion estimation
Multiview video coding
Searching
Skips
Multiview video coding
Disparity estimation
Motion estimation
Mode decision
ISSN:0923-5965, 1879-2677
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Shrnutí:Multiview video coding (MVC) is the appendix H of H.264/AVC, and it requires a great amount of time to compress multiple viewpoints׳ video with complex prediction structures. To reduce the whole computational complexity of MVC, this paper proposes a fast macroblock (MB) encoding algorithm based on rate-distortion (RD) activity, and it includes the fast mode decision and the fast motion/disparity estimation. First, the RD activity type of the current MB is calculated by utilizing the Skip/Direct RD cost and the average RD costs of classified MB modes. Then, through utilizing the RD activity type and RD costs of the estimated modes, the selection of candidate modes, the early decision of Skip/Direct mode, and the reduction of Inter8×8 mode estimation are all presented in the fast mode decision. By using the RD activity type and the correlations of vectors, the selection of search center and the prediction of search range are introduced in the fast motion/disparity estimation. In addition, the proposed algorithm can be applied to temporal and inter-view views as well as anchor and non-anchor frames. An experiment with a wide range of video scenes, camera setups and quantization parameters was implemented, and the results confirmed that the proposed algorithm can reduce the encoding time significantly while maintaining a similar RD performance as the original MVC encoder. Compared to the state-of-the-art algorithms, the proposed algorithm also demonstrated better performances in the various test cases. •Both a fast mode decision and a fast motion/disparity estimation are addressed.•RD activity is evaluated by using the Skip/Direct RD cost and the average RD costs.•RD activity type, RD costs and vectors are used to improve algorithm performances.•About 91% and 95% encoding time are reduced on temporal views and inter-view views.
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ISSN:0923-5965
1879-2677
DOI:10.1016/j.image.2014.06.001