Fast prediction algorithm for multiview video coding

Abdelrahman Abdelazim; Stephen J. Mein; Martin R. Varley; Djamel Ait-Boudaoud

doi:10.1117/1.OE.52.3.037401

4 March 2013 Fast prediction algorithm for multiview video coding

Abdelrahman Abdelazim, Stephen J. Mein, Martin R. Varley, Djamel Ait-Boudaoud

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 52, Issue 3, 037401 (March 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.52.3.037401

Abstract

The H.264/multiview video coding (MVC) standard has been developed to enable efficient coding for three-dimensional and multiple viewpoint video sequences. The inter-view statistical dependencies are utilized and an inter-view prediction is employed to provide more efficient coding; however, this increases the overall encoding complexity. Motion homogeneity is exploited here to selectively enable inter-view prediction, and to reduce complexity in the motion estimation (ME) and the mode selection processes. This has been accomplished by defining situations that relate macro-blocks’ motion characteristics to the mode selection and the inter-view prediction processes. When comparing the proposed algorithm to the H.264/MVC reference software and other recent work, the experimental results demonstrate a significant reduction in ME time while maintaining similar rate-distortion performance.

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Abdelrahman Abdelazim, Stephen J. Mein, Martin R. Varley, and Djamel Ait-Boudaoud "Fast prediction algorithm for multiview video coding," Optical Engineering 52(3), 037401 (4 March 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.52.3.037401

Published: 4 March 2013

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