• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.45 no.12
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• pp.83-89
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• 2008

Simple but effective fast codebook searching algorithms for quantized EGT(equal gain transmission) are presented. Using newly defined metric, rough searching selects a few candidate weight vectors. Using the conventional metric, accurate searching determines the optimal vector among the candidates. This strategy reduces the entire searching time. When the number of transmit antenna is two or three, the searching time reduces more than a half less than the conventional searching time. Moreover, the more the size of codebook increases, the more the searching time reduction also increases.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.785-786
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• 2008

In this paper, we propose a fast Motion Estimation (ME) algorithm for low computational complexity based on spatial correlations. The proposed algorithm uses the motion vector of neighboring blocks, to decide the location of initial searching point. The number of searching point decreases by changing the location of initial searching point. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm reduces searching points about $7{\sim}13%$ and increases PSNR about $0.1{\sim}0.5$(dB) compared with conventional algorithm.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.39-45
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• 2010

In this paper we propose a new fast peak searching method using the gradient and present simulation results. The proposed method is a solution to the problem that finds the peak(maximum) of the unimodal function on a finite interval with minimum searching steps. Its main application is the auto-focus in the mobile phone. We propose the three steps to find the peak; periodic search, gradient-based search and detail search. In simulation we generated the Gaussian functions with white noise and have the result of about 8 searching steps and 1.04 errors on average.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.85-92
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• 1998

The block matching algorithm is the most popular motion estimation method in image sequence coding. In this paper, we propose a VLSI architecture. for implementing a recently proposed fast bolck matching algorith, which uses spatial correlation of motion vectors and hierarchical searching scheme. The proposed architecture consists of a basic searching unit based on a systolic array and two shift register arrays. And it covers a search range of -32~ +31. By using the basic searching unit repeatedly, it reduces the number of gatyes for implementation. For basic searching unit implementation, a proper systolic array can be selected among various conventional ones by trading-off between speed and hardware cost. In this paper, a structure is selected as the basic searching unit so that the hardware cost can be minimized. The proposed overall architecture is fast enough for low bit-rate applications (frame size of $352{\times}288$, 3Oframes/sec) and can be implemented by less than 20,000 gates. Moreover, by simply modifying the basic searching unit, the architecture can be used for the higher bit-rate application of the frame size of $720{\times}480$ and 30 frames/sec.

• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.1044-1049
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• 2000

In detection of a scene change of the moving pictures which has massive information capacity, the temporal sampling method has faster searching speed than the sequential searching method for the whole moving pictures, yet employed searching algorithm and detection interval greatly affect searching time and searching precision. In this study, the whole moving pictures were primarily retrieved by the temporal sampling method. When there exist a scene change within the sampling interval, we suggested a fast searching algorithm using binary searching and derived an equation formula to determine optimal primary retrieval which can minimize computation, and showed the result of the experiment on MPEG moving pictures. The result of the experiment shows that the searching speed of the suggested algorithm is maximum 13 times faster than the one of he sequential searching method.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2000.07b
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• pp.885-888
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• 2000

Among the previous searching methods, there are the typical methods such as full search and three-step search, etc. Block motion estimation using exhaustive search is too computationally intensive. To apply in practice, recently proposed fast algorithms have been focused on reducing the computational complexity by limiting the number of searching points. According to the reduction of searching points, the quality performance is aggravated in those algorithms. In this paper, We present a fast and efficient search algorithm for block motion estimation that produces better quality performance and less computational time compared with a three-step search (TSS). Previously the proposed Two Step Search Algorithm (TWSS) by Fang-Hsuan Cheng and San-Nan sun is based on the ideas of dithering pattern for pixel decimation using a part of a block pixels for BMA (Block Matching Algorithm) and multi-candidate to compensate quality performance with several locations. This method has good quality performance at slow moving images, but has bad quality performance at fast moving images. To resolve this problem, the proposed algorithm in this paper considers spatial and temporal correlation using neighbor and previous blocks to improve quality performance. This performance uses neighbor motion vectors and previous motion vectors in addition, thus it needs more searching points. To compensate this weakness, the proposed algorithm uses statistical character of dithering matrix. The proposed algorithm is superior to TWSS in quality performance and has similar computational complexity

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.42 no.2 s.332
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• pp.83-88
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• 2005

We propose the design method for the VLSI architecture of FNNPDS combined PDS(partial distance search) and FNNS(fast nearest neighbor search), which are used to fast encoding in vector quantization, and obtain the results that FNNPDS(fast nearest neighbor partial distance search) is faster method than the conventional methods by simulation. In simulations, we investigate timing diagrams described searching time of the nearest codevector for an input vector, and compare the average clock cycles per input vector for Lena and Peppers images. According to the result of simulations, the number of the clock cycle of FNNPDS was reduced to $79.2\%\~11.7\%$ as compared with the number using the conventional techniques.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.887-890
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• 1998

We present a novel multi-resolution block matching algorithm (BMA) for fast motion estimation. At the coarsest level, a full search BMA (FSBMA) is performed for searching complex or random motion. Concurrently, spatial correlation of motion vector (MV) field is used for searching continuous motion. Here we present an efficient method for searching full resolution MVs without MV decimation even at the coarsest leve. After the coarsest level search, two or three initial MV candidates are chosen for the next level. At the further levels, the MV candidates are refined within much smaller search areas. Simulation results show that in comparison with FSBMA, the proposed BMA achieves a speed-up factor over 710 with minor PSNR degradation of 0.2dB at most, under a normal MPEG2 coding environment. Furthermore, our scheme is also suitable for hardware implementation due to regular data-flow.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.105-111
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• 1990

In this paper, fast algorithms to generate the codebook of vector quantization in image coding, are proposed. And an efficient algorithm to guess a initial codebook, namely, binary splitting method, is proposed. We generated the initial codebook by binary splitting method and then reduced the searching time using Iterative Optimization algorithm as an alternate to the generalized Lloyd algorithm and several information from binary splitting method. And the searching time and performance can be traded off by varying the searching range. With this proposed algorithm, the computation time can be reduced by a factor of 60 Without any degradation of image quality.

• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.99-106
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• 2007

We propose a distributed anchor Crossover Switches (CX) searching algorithm to play an important role in ensuring fast and seamless handoff control in wireless ATM networks. Within networks that are grouped together, connection management is done for each group by anchor switches, and Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC) with a narrow bandwidth is assigned between anchors for exchange of information. The proposed algorithm enables quick searching of a targeted CX, makes management of the overall network easier, and reduces system overhead or propagation delay time, thus providing fast and seamless handoff.