A novel fast CU encoding scheme based on spatiotemporal encoding parameters for HEVC inter coding

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 422-435

  Ahn, Sangsoo ^a   Lee, Bumshik ^a   Kim, Munchurl ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

fast CU split decision; HEVC; SAO parameters

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; CODES (SYMBOLS); DECISION THEORY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; IMAGE CODING; MOTION COMPENSATION; MOTION ESTIMATION; SIGNAL DISTORTION; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPLEXITY REDUCTION; FAST CU SPLIT DECISION; HEVC; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HIGH-EFFICIENCY VIDEO CODING; PARALLEL PROCESSING; SAO PARAMETERS; VIDEO CODING STANDARD;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS);

EID: 84924412416     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2014.2360031     Document Type: Article

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