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Intra Prediction Information Skip using Analysis of Adjacent Pixels for H.264/AVC

인접 화소 성분 분석을 이용한 H.264/AVC에서의 Intra 예측 정보 생략

  • Kim, Dae-Yeon (DMS Lab. Dept. of Computer Engineering, Sejong University) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Kyun (DMS Lab. Dept. of Computer Engineering, Sejong University) ;
  • Lee, Yung-Lyul (DMS Lab. Dept. of Computer Engineering, Sejong University)
  • 김대연 (세종대학교 컴퓨터공학과 DMS 연구실) ;
  • 김동균 (세종대학교 컴퓨터공학과 DMS 연구실) ;
  • 이영렬 (세종대학교 컴퓨터공학과 DMS 연구실)
  • Published : 2009.05.30
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Abstract

The Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) and Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) have developed a new standard that promises to outperform the earlier MPEG-4 and H.263 standards. The new standard is called H.264/AVC (Advanced Video Coding) and is published jointly as MPEG-4 Part 10 and ITU-T Recommendation H.264. In particular, the H.264/AVC intra prediction coding provides nine directional prediction modes for every $4{\times}4$ block in order to reduce spatial redundancies. In this paper, an ABS (Adaptive Bit Skip) mode is proposed. In order to achieve coding efficiency, the proposed method can remove the mode bits to represent the prediction mode by using the similarity of adjacent pixels. Experimental results show that the proposed method achieves the PSNR gain of about 0.2 dB in R-D curve and reduces the bit rates about 3.6% compared with H.264/AVC.

Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)과 Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG)은 기존의 MPEG-4와 H.263 표준안보다 우수한 비디오 압축 기술을 개발하였다. 이 새로운 표준안은 H.264/AVC (Advanced Video Coding) 이라 하며, MPEG-4 Part 10과 ITU-T Recommendation H.264로 공동 발표 되었다. H.264/AVC에는 9가지의 모드를 가진 $Intra4{\times}4$ 예측 부호화가 존재하는데, 이는 영상의 공간적인 상관성을 이용한 압축 부호화 방식이다. 본 논문에서는 압축 효율을 높이기 위하여 인접 화소들의 유사성을 이용한 ABS (Adaptive Bit Skip) 모드를 제안함으로써, 적응적으로 intra mode bit를 생략하여 부호화 효율을 높이는 방법을 제안하였다. 실험 결과, 제안한 방법은 기존의 방법과 비교하여 R-D 곡선 상에서 평균 약 0.2 dB의 PSNR (Peak signal-to-noise ratio) 향상이 있었고 평균 약 3.6%의 비트율을 절약하였다.

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