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2 February 2011Phase correlation based adaptive mode decision for the H.264/AVC
The H.264 video coding standard achieves high performance compression and image quality at the expense of increased
encoding complexity, due to the very refined Motion Estimation (ME) and mode decision processes. This paper focuses
on decreasing the complexity of the mode selection process by effectively applying a novel fast mode decision
algorithm.
Firstly the phase correlation is analysed between a macroblock and its prediction obtained from the previously encoded
adjacent block. Relationships are established between the correlation value and object size and also best fit motion
vector. From this a novel fast mode decision and motion estimation technique has been developed utilising preprocessing
frequency domain ME in order to accurately predict the best mode and the search range. We measure the
correlation between a macroblock and the corresponding prediction. Based on the result we select the best mode, or
limit the mode selection process to a subset of modes. Moreover the correlation result is also used to select an
appropriate search range for the ME stage.
Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm significantly reduces the motion estimation time whilst
maintaining similar Rate Distortion performance, when compared to both the H.264/AVC Joint Model (JM) reference
software and recently reported work.
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Abdelrahman Abdelazim, Stephen James Mein, Martin Roy Varley, Christos Grecos, Djamel Ait-Boudaoud, "Phase correlation based adaptive mode decision for the H.264/AVC," Proc. SPIE 7871, Real-Time Image and Video Processing 2011, 78710O (2 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.873077