Title
Intensity Gradient Technique for Efficient Intra-Prediction in H.264/AVC
Abstract
This study presents an intensity gradient approach for intra-prediction in H.264 encoding system, which enhances the performance and efficiency of previous fast algorithms. We propose a preprocessing stage in which eight orientation features are extracted from a macro block by the intensity gradient filters. The orientation features are utilized to select a subset of prediction modes to be involved in the rate-distortion calculation so that the encoding time can be reduced. The simulation results indicate that the intensity gradient based algorithm for intra-prediction contributes better tradeoff between rate-distorion performance and encoding complexity than the previous algorithms. Compared to H.264 reference software, the proposed algorithm introduces slight PSNR degradation and bit rate increase but saves around 76% of the total encoding time with all intra-frame coding.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1109/TCSVT.2008.919113
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Techn.
Keywords
Field
DocType
total encoding time,efficient intra-prediction,intensity gradient technique,h.264 reference software,encoding complexity,intensity gradient approach,h.264 encoding system,encoding time,previous algorithm,intensity gradient,intensity gradient filter,orientation feature,psnr,encoding,entropy coding,block codes,feature extraction,orientation
Gradient method,Signal processing,Entropy encoding,Pattern recognition,Computer science,Signal-to-noise ratio,Block code,Feature extraction,Artificial intelligence,Rate–distortion theory,Encoding (memory)
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
18
5
1051-8215
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
50
2.64
10
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
An-Chao Tsai116113.67
Anand Paul252746.32
Jia-Ching Wang351558.13
Jhing-fa Wang4982114.31