Fast decision of block size, prediction mode, and intra block for H.264 intra prediction

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1122-1132

  Huang, Yi Hsin ^a   Ou, Tao Sheng ^b   Chen, Homer H ^c  

^a National Taiwan University ^*

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MEDIATEK INC   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

H.264 advanced video coding (AVC); intra prediction; rate distortion optimization

Indexed keywords

BLOCK SIZE DECISION; BLOCK SIZES; CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; FILTER-BASED; H.264 INTRA PREDICTION; H.264/ADVANCED VIDEO CODING; INTRA PREDICTION; MODE DECISION; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; PREDICTION MODE DECISION; PREDICTION MODES; RATE DISTORTIONS; RATE-DISTORTION OPTIMIZATION; SELECTION ALGORITHM;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; FORECASTING; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

IMAGE CODING;

EID: 77955598371     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2010.2057018     Document Type: Article

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