Journal of Guangdong University of Technology ›› 2021, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (03): 36-41.doi: 10.12052/gdutxb.200066

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A Fast Inter-prediction Mode Selection Algorithm Based on Motion Characteristics

Peng Tong-zhuang, Liu Li-cheng, Yang Guan-shui   

  1. School of Information Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • Received:2020-04-28 Online:2021-05-10 Published:2021-03-12

Abstract: High-efficiency video coding (High Efficiency Video Coding, HEVC) inter-prediction part has a high computational complexity. In order to reduce the coding time complexity, a fast algorithm for inter-prediction is proposed based on depth characteristics. First, the inter-frame PU (Prediction Unit, PU) mode is classified into regular and irregular blocks; then the method is used to define the content complexity of the current CTU (Coding Tree Unit, CTU); finally, the coded depth is divided into SD and HD regions. The SD region is only divided into rules. According to the complexity of the current CTU, the HD region is used to traverse the complex blocks in an irregular manner, and the simple blocks are divided into rules to achieve a fast encoding algorithm. Experimental results show that compared with HM16.9, the proposed algorithm reduces the encoding time, respectively, by 28.6% and 23.8% under low latency and random access configurations and the encoding performance is unaffected.

Key words: video coding, depth characteristics, coding block division, inter-prediction

CLC Number: 

  • TN919.81
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