METHOD TO OPTIMIZE THE TRANSFORMS AND/OR PREDICTIONS IN A VIDEO CODEC

摘要

A joint optimization iterative algorithm determines optimized mode pairs. Each mode pair includes an intra-predictor and a transform pair that are iteratively modified to determine an optimized intra-predictor and an optimized transform that forms the optimized mode pair. A set of training videos and a set of quantization parameters (QPs) are used as the base data for determining the optimized mode pairs. Each video includes a plurality of pixel blocks, herein referred to as blocks. Block statistics associated with each mode pair are accumulated by separately encoding each block using each mode pair, and selecting the best mode pair for each block according to a measured characteristic of each encoding. The accumulated block statistics are used to modify the intra-predictor and the transform within each mode pair.