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Improved Motion Estimation Using Early Zero-Block Detection
EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing volume 2008, Article number: 524793 (2008)
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We incorporate the early zero-block detection technique into the UMHexagonS algorithm, which has already been adopted in H.264/AVC JM reference software, to speed up the motion estimation process. A nearly sufficient condition is derived for early zero-block detection. Although the conventional early zero-block detection method can achieve significant improvement in computation reduction, the PSNR loss, to whatever extent, is not negligible especially for high quantization parameter (QP) or low bit-rate coding. This paper modifies the UMHexagonS algorithm with the early zero-block detection technique to improve its coding performance. The experimental results reveal that the improved UMHexagonS algorithm greatly reduces computation while maintaining very high coding efficiency.
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Lee, Y., Tsai, Y. & Lin, Y. Improved Motion Estimation Using Early Zero-Block Detection. J Image Video Proc 2008, 524793 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/524793
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/524793