A fast intra skip detection algorithm for H.264/AVC video encoding

ETRI Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 721-731

  Kim, Byung Gyu ^a   Kim, Jong Ho ^a   Cho, Chang Sik ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adaptive thresholding; H.264 AVC; Inter frames; Inter mode; Intra mode; Rate distortion optimization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; IMAGE CODING; OPTIMIZATION; STANDARDS;

ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDING; H.264/AVC; INTER FRAMES; INTER MODE; INTRA MODE; RATE-DISTORTION OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 33845380455     PISSN: 12256463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4218/etrij.06.0106.0132     Document Type: Article

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