A perceptual-based approach to bit allocation for H.264 encoder

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7744, Issue , 2010, Pages

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

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

H.264 AVC; Optimum bit allocation; Rate control; Rate distortion optimization; Structural similarity index

Indexed keywords

H.264/AVC; OPTIMUM BIT ALLOCATION; RATE CONTROLS; RATE-DISTORTION OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY;

COMMUNICATION; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; IMAGE CODING; IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MOTION COMPENSATION; MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP STANDARDS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 78149345715     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.863266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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