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Two-Dimensional Map Based Fast Mode Decision for H.264/AVC

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Advances in Multimedia Information Processing - PCM 2008 (PCM 2008)

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The state-of-the-art video coding standard H.264/AVC achieves significant coding performance improvement by choosing the rate-distortion (RD) optimized encoding mode from a list of candidate modes at the cost of intensive computations, which limits the practical application of H.264/AVC. A number of fast mode decision algorithms have been recently presented in the literature in order to reduce H.264/AVC encoding computations. In this paper, a novel two-dimensional (2D) map based fast mode decision scheme is proposed, which produces a flexible mode checking order for fast mode decision. Experimental results demonstrate that with the proposed algorithm, the computational complexity of H.264/AVC coding is significantly reduced while the video quality and compression efficiency are preserved.

This work is supported by Hong Kong RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant Project 9041236 (CityU 114707).

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  1. Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Tiesong Zhao, Hanli Wang, Xiangyang Ji & Sam Kwong

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  1. Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University, No.1, University Road, 701, Tainan City, Taiwan

    Yueh-Min Ray Huang

  2. National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 95, Zhongguancun East Road, 100190, Beijing, China

    Changsheng Xu

  3. Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, 701, Tainan City, Taiwan

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  4. Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, 701, Tainan City, Taiwan

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  5. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, S-EV005.139, 1515 St. Catherine West, Montreal, H4G 2W1, Quebec, Canada

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  6. Microsoft Research Asia, 5/F, Beijing Sigma Center, No. 49, Zhichun Road, Hai Dian District, 100080, Beijing, China

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  7. Department of Information Management, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, No. 415, Jiangong Road, Sanmin District, 80778, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Jen-Wen Ding

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Zhao, T., Wang, H., Ji, X., Kwong, S. (2008). Two-Dimensional Map Based Fast Mode Decision for H.264/AVC. In: Huang, YM.R., et al. Advances in Multimedia Information Processing - PCM 2008. PCM 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5353. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89796-5_16

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