View-Adaptive Motion Estimation and Disparity Estimation for Low Complexity Multiview Video Coding

The emerging international standard for multiview video coding (MVC) is an extension of H.264/advanced video coding. In the joint mode of MVC, both motion estimation (ME) and disparity estimation (DE) are included in the encoding process. This achieves the highest coding efficiency but requires a ve...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on circuits and systems for video technology Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 925 - 930
Main Authors: Shen, Liquan, Liu, Zhi, Yan, Tao, Zhang, Zhaoyang, An, Ping
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.06.2010
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects:
Algorithms
Applied sciences
Cameras
Coding
Complexity
Computation
Computational complexity
Costs
Detection, estimation, filtering, equalization, prediction
Disparity estimation
Educational programs
Encoding
Exact sciences and technology
Homogeneity
Image processing
Information, signal and communications theory
Mathematical analysis
Miscellaneous
Motion analysis
Motion estimation
multiview video coding (MVC)
Searching
Signal and communications theory
Signal processing
Signal, noise
Streaming media
Studies
Telecommunications and information theory
Vectors (mathematics)
Video coding
Video compression
Video coding
Performance evaluation
Search strategy
Disparity estimation
Motion estimation
Image processing
multiview video coding (MVC)
Signal estimation
Adaptive estimation
Joint
Algorithm
Computational complexity
Adaptive method
Video signal processing
Multiple image
Image coding
Homogeneity
Signal processing
Disparity
ISSN:1051-8215, 1558-2205
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Summary:The emerging international standard for multiview video coding (MVC) is an extension of H.264/advanced video coding. In the joint mode of MVC, both motion estimation (ME) and disparity estimation (DE) are included in the encoding process. This achieves the highest coding efficiency but requires a very high computational complexity. In this letter, we propose a fast ME and DE algorithm that adaptively utilizes the inter-view correlation. The coding mode complexity and the motion homogeneity of a macroblock (MB) are first analyzed according to the coding modes and motion vectors from the corresponding MBs in the neighbor views, which are located by means of global disparity vector. According to the coding mode complexity and the motion homogeneity, the proposed algorithm adjusts the search strategies for different types of MBs in order to perform a precise search according to video content. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can save 85% computational complexity on average, with negligible loss of coding efficiency.
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ISSN:1051-8215
1558-2205
DOI:10.1109/TCSVT.2010.2045910