Early SKIP mode decision for three-dimensional high efficiency video coding using spatial and interview correlations

Qiuwen Zhang; Qinggang Wu; Xiaobing Wang; Yong Gan

doi:10.1117/1.JEI.23.5.053017

8 October 2014 Early SKIP mode decision for three-dimensional high efficiency video coding using spatial and interview correlations

Qiuwen Zhang, Qinggang Wu, Xiaobing Wang, Yong Gan

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Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol. 23, Issue 5, 053017 (October 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.23.5.053017

Abstract

In the test model of high efficiency video coding (HEVC) standard–based three-dimensional (3-D) video coding (3-D-HEVC), the variable size motion estimation (ME) and disparity estimation (DE) have been employed to select the best coding mode for each treeblock in the encoding process. This technique achieves the highest possible coding efficiency, but it brings extremely high computational complexity that limits 3-D-HEVC from practical applications. An early SKIP mode decision algorithm based on spatial and interview correlations is proposed to reduce the computational complexity of the ME/DE procedures. The basic idea of the method is to utilize the spatial and interview properties of coding information in previous coded frames to predict the current treeblock prediction mode and early skip unnecessary variable-size ME and DE. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can significantly reduce computational complexity of 3-D-HEVC while maintaining nearly the same rate distortion performance as the original encoder.

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Qiuwen Zhang, Qinggang Wu, Xiaobing Wang, and Yong Gan "Early SKIP mode decision for three-dimensional high efficiency video coding using spatial and interview correlations," Journal of Electronic Imaging 23(5), 053017 (8 October 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.23.5.053017

Published: 8 October 2014

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