Improvements on fast motion estimation strategy for H.264/AVC

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-293

  Xu, Xiaozhong ^b   He, Yun ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Central biased fractional pel search (CBFPS); Early termination; Fast motion estimation; H.264 AVC; Motion estimation (ME); UMHexagonS (UMHS)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SIGNAL DISTORTION; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

CENTRAL BIASED FRACTIONAL-PEL SEARCH (CBFPS); EARLY TERMINATION; FAST MOTION ESTIMATION; UMHEXAGONS (UMHS);

MOTION ESTIMATION;

EID: 41649094243     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2008.918122     Document Type: Article

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