Fast subpixel motion estimation based on the interpolation effect on different block sizes for H264/AVC

We propose a fast subpixel motion estimation algorithm for the H.264 advanced video coding (AVC) standard. The algorithm utilizes the correlation of the spatial interpolation effect on the full-pixel motion estimation best matches between different block sizes in order to reduce the computational cost of the overall motion-estimation process. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm significantly reduces the CPU cycles in the various motion estimation schemes by up to 16% with similar rate-distortion performance when weighed up against the H.264/AVC standard.

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