Fast mode decision for H.264/AVC based on macroblock motion activity

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 491-499

  Zeng, Huanqiang ^a,b   Cai, Canhui ^a   Ma, Kai Kuang ^b  

^a HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Early termination; H.264 AVC; Mode decision; Motion activity; Motion vector field adaptive search technique (MVFAST); Video coding

Indexed keywords

EARLY TERMINATION; H.264/AVC; MODE DECISION; MOTION ACTIVITY; MOTION VECTOR FIELD ADAPTIVE SEARCH TECHNIQUE (MVFAST); VIDEO CODING;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COSTS; ERROR CORRECTION; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MOTION ESTIMATION; MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP STANDARDS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; SET THEORY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

IMAGE CODING;

EID: 66349130473     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2009.2014014     Document Type: Article

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