Statistical approach for motion estimation skipping (SAMEK)

Li Yu, Jimin Xiao, Tammam Tillo, Ce Zhu

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Abstract

High Efficient Video Coding (HEVC) standard has achieved significant rate-distortion improvement over the previous standard H.264/AVC. However, the complexity that comes from its flexible data structure representation is an obstacle for its wide application. To reduce the overall complexity and encoding time, this paper proposes a statistical approach for motion estimation skipping (SAMEK). The SAMEK method avoids some unnecessary motion estimations in units with less probability of being referenced. These units can be recognized by the two rules of SAMEK method, namely ZeroCase and DecreaseCase. These two rules are summarized by statistically analyzing the relationships between each PU and its references. The experimental results demonstrate that our method can save up to 9.5% encoding time (averagely 6.87%) with negligible rate-distortion losses (averagely 0.006 dB) when compared with HEVC encoder with Test Zone search (TZ search) enabled.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2015 - Proceedings
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages3245-3249
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781479983391
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Dec 2015
EventIEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2015 - Quebec City, Canada
Duration: 27 Sept 201530 Sept 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
Volume2015-December
ISSN (Print)1522-4880

Conference

ConferenceIEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2015
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityQuebec City
Period27/09/1530/09/15

Keywords

  • Complexity Reduction
  • High Efficiency Video Coding
  • Motion Estimation Skipping
  • Reference Analysis

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