ADAPTIVE INTERPOLATION FILTERS FOR VIDEO CODING

摘要

In encoding or decoding a video sequence having a sequence of video frames, interpolation filter coefficients for each frame or macroblock are adapted so that the non- stationary properties of the video signal are captured more accurately. A filter-type selection block in the encoder is used to determine the filter-type for use in the adaptive interpolation filter (AIF) scheme by analyzing the input video signal. Filter-type information is transmitted along with filter coefficients to the decoder. This information specifies, from a pre-defined set of filter types, what kind of interpolation filter is used. The number of filter coefficients that is sent depends on the filter-type. This number is pre-defined for each filter-type. Based on the filter-type and the filter coefficients, a filter constructing block in the decoder constructs the interpolation filter.