Fast quarter-pixel motion estimation algorithm for H.264/AVC

Gang Chen*, Zhen Hong Jia, He Chen

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Abstract

A fast quarter-pixel motion estimation algorithm was proposed. which is based on mathematical models of the motion compensated prediction errors. Different from conventional quarter-pixel accuracy hierarchical motion estimation algorithm, the proposed algorithm can avoid fractional-pixel interpolation and subsequent fractional-pixel search after integer-pixel accuracy motion estimation. Experiments show that the proposed algorithm greatly reduces the computational complexity of quarter-pixel motion estimation, while keeping the nearly equal quality of the image.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)960-962+980
JournalGuangdianzi Jiguang/Journal of Optoelectronics Laser
Volume19
Issue number7
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Fractional-pixel
  • H.264/AVC
  • Motion compensation (MC)
  • Motion estimation (ME)
  • Quarter-pixel

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