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Sequential Motion Vector Error Concealment Algorithm for H.264 Video Coding

H.264 표준 동영상 부호화 방식을 위한 순차적 움직임 벡터 오류 은닉 기법

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a sequential motion vector recovery algorithm for H.264 video coding standard. Motion vectors of H.264 video coding standard cover relatively smaller areas than other standard, since motion estimation of H.264 takes place in the fashion of variable block size. Therefore, the correlation of motion vectors between neighboring blocks increases as the block size of motion estimation is lowered. Under the framework of sequential recovery, we introduce a motion vector recovery using $\alpha$-trimed mean filter. Experimental results show that proposed algorithm is useful in real time video delivery .with nearly comparable or better visual quality than previous approaches such as macro block boundary matching and Lagrage interpolation.

본 논문에서는 H.264 표준 동영상 부호화 방식을 위한 순차적 움직임 벡터 오류 은닉 기법에 대해 제안한다. H.264 표준 동영상 부호화 방식에서의 움직임 예측과정은 다양한 크기의 서브 매크로 블록 모드에 따라 각기 다른 움직임 벡터 개수를 갖게 되고, 이로 인해 움직임 벡터는 기존의 표준 부호화 방식에 비해 상대적으로 적은 영역을 대표하게 된다. 그러므로 이웃한 블록의 움직임 벡터간의 상관관계는 서브 매크로 블록의 크기가 작을수록 더 커지게 된다. 제안 방식에서는 변화된 국부 통계 특성에 대한 적응도에 따른 $\alpha$-trimmed mean 필터를 이용하여 움직임 벡터를 순차적으로 복구하는 움직임 벡터 오류 은닉기법에 대해 제안한다. 실험 결과를 통해 제안한 방식이 실시간 동영상 전송에 적합하며 기존의 블록 경계 정합 방식 및 라그랑즈 보간 방식과 유사한 성능을 보임을 확인할 수 있었다.

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