• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.259-266
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• 2003

In this paper, we propose a multi-level block matching algorithm using motion information in blocks. In the proposed algorithm, the block-level is decided by the motion degree in the block before motion searching procedure, and then adequate motion searching performs according to the block-level. This improves computational efficiency by eliminating the unnecessary searching Process in no motion or low motion regions, and brings more accurate estimation results by deepening motion searching Process in high motion regions. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm brings the lower estimation error about 20％ MSE reduction with the fewer blocks pet frame and the operation number was reduced to 56% compared to TSSA and 98% compared to FS -BMA with constant block size.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.10B no.3
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• pp.321-328
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• 2003

This Paper Proposes a size-variable block matching algorithm for motion vector extraction. The Proposed algorithm dynamically determines the search area and the size of a block. We exploit the constraint of small velocity changes of a block along the time to determine the origin of the search area. The range of the search area is adjusted according to the motion coherency of spatially neighboring blocks. The process of determining the sire of a block begins matching with a small block. If the matching degree is not good enough, we expand the size of a block a little bit and then repeat the matching process until our matching criterion Is satisfied. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can yield very accurate block motion vectors. Our algorithm outperforms other algorithms in terms of the estimated motion vectors, though our algorithm requires some computational overhead.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.73-78
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• 2004

By modeling the block matching algorithm as a function of the correlation of image blocks, we derive search patterns for fast block matching motion estimation. The proposed approach provides an analytical support lot the diamond-shape search pattern, which is widely used in fast block matching algorithms. We also propose a new fast motion estimation algorithm using adaptive search patterns and statistical properties of the object displacement. In order to select an appropriate search pattern, we exploit the relationship between the motion vector and the block differences. By changing the search pattern adaptively, we improve motion prediction accuracy while reducing required computational complexity compared to other fast block matching algorithms.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.712-714
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• 2003

서로 다른 형태와 크기를 가지는 탐색패턴과 움직임 벡터의 분포는 블록 정합 기법에서 탐색 속도와 화질을 좌우하는 중요한 요소이다. 본 논문에서는 납작한 육각패턴을 이용한 새로운 고속 블록 정합 알고리즘을 제안한다. 이 방법은 작은 육각패턴을 이용하여 적은 탐색점으로 움직임이 적은 벡터를 우선 찾은 다음에 움직임이 큰 벡터에 대해서는 납작한 육각패턴을 이용하여 고속으로 움직임 벡터를 찾게 하였다. 실험결과, 제안된 알고리즘은 육각패턴 탐색기법에 비하여 움직임 벡터 예측의 속도에 있어서 약 11~51% 이상의 높은 성능 향상을 보였으며 화질 또한 PSNR 기준으로 약 0.05~0.74dB 의 향상을 보였다.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.12 no.1 s.45
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• pp.57-65
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• 2007

In the fast block matching algorithm. search patterns of different shapes or sizes and the distribution of motion vectors have a large impact on both the searching speed and the image qualify. In this paper, we propose a new fast block matching algorithm using the flat-hexagon search pattern that ate solved disadvantages of the diamond pattern search algorithm(DS) and the hexagon-based search algorithm(HEXBS). Our proposed algorithm finds mainly the motion vectors that not close to the center of search window using the flat-hexagon search pattern. Through experiments, compared with the DS and HEXBS, the proposed f)at-hexagon search algorithm(FHS) improves about $0.4{\sim}21.3%$ in terms of average number of search point per motion vector estimation and improves about $0.009{\sim}0.531dB$ in terms of PSNR(Peak Signal to Noise Ratio).

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.57-58
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• 2011

스테레오 정합 방법에는 크게 영역기반 방식과 특징기반 방식으로 나뉠수 있으며 보통 사용자가 특징점을 입력해야 하는 특징기반보다는 광범위하게 사용할 수 있는 영역기반 방식의 스테레오 정합법이 많이 사용되고 있다. 하지만 영역기반은 해당 영역 즉 블록 단위로 비교를 해야 하기 때문에 실시간 스테레오 정합에는 계산 시간이 많이 걸리게 된다. 따라서 본 연구에서 제안하는 Line Disparity Map 알고리즘은 정합 점을 라인별로 비교하기 때문에 블록 방식보다 빠르고, 라인의 기울기를 바탕으로 정합점을 찾기 때문에 주변환경에 영향을 받지 않는 장점이 있다.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.57-65
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• 2004

In the block matching algorithm, search patterns of different shapes or sizes and the distribution of motion vectors have a large impact on both the searching speed and the image quality. In this paper, we propose a new fast block matching algorithm using the unit-diamond search pattern and the flat-hexagon search pattern. Our algorithm first finds the motion vectors that are close to the center of search window using the unit-diamond search pattern, and then fastly finds the other motion vectors that are not close to the center of search window using the flat-hexagon search pattern. Through experiments, compared with the hexagon-based search algorithm(HEXBS), the proposed unit-diamond and flat-hexagonal pattern search algorithm(UDFHS) improves as high as 11∼51% in terms of average number of search point per motion vector estimation and improves about 0.05∼0.74㏈ in terms of PSNR(Peak Signal to Noise Ratio).

• Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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• v.4 no.12
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• pp.953-964
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• 2003

In the block matching algorithm, search patterns of different shapes or sizes and the distribution of motion vectors have a large impact on both the searching speed and the image quality. In this paper, we propose a new fast block matching algorithm using the cross pattern and the flat-hexagon search pattern. Our algorithm first finds the motion vectors that are close to the center of search window using the cross pattern, and then lastly finds the other motion vectors that are not close to the center of search window using the flat-hexagon search pattern. Through experiments, compared with the hexagon-based search algorithm(HEXBS), the proposed cross pattern and flat-hexagonal pattern search algorithm(CFHPS ) improves about 0.2-6.2% in terms of average number of search point per motion vector estimation and improves about 0.02-0.31dB in terms of PSNR(Peak Signal to Noise Ratio).

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.372-379
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• 2000

In this paper, we propose a fast variable-size block matching algorithm for motion estimation based on bit-pattern. Motion estimation in the proposed algorithm is performed after the representation of image sequence is transformed 8bit pixel values into 1bit ones depending on the mean value of search block, which brings a short searching time by reducing the computational complexity. Moreover, adaptive searching methods according to the motion information of the block make the procedure of motion estimation efficient by eliminating an unnecessary searching of low motion block and deepening a searching procedure in high motion block. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm provides better performance-0.5dB PSNR improvement-than full search block matching algorithm with a fixed block size.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.13 no.7
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• pp.99-108
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• 2008

For video compression, we have to consider two performance factors that are the search speed and coded video's quality. In this paper, we propose an enhanced fast block matching algorithm using the spatial correlation of the video sequence and the center-biased characteristic of motion vectors(MV). The proposed algorithm first finds a predicted motion vector from the adjacent macro blocks of the current frame and determines an exact motion vector using the cross pattern and a flat hexagon search pattern. From the performance evaluations, we can see that our algorithm outperforms both the hexagon-based search(HEXBS) and the cross-hexagon search(CHS) algorithms in terms of the search speed and coded video's quality. Using our algorithm, we can improve the search speed by up to 31%, and also increase the PSNR(Peak Signal Noise Ratio) by at most 0.5 dB, thereby improving the video quality.