发明名称 |
CONDITIONAL MASKING FOR VIDEO ENCODER |
摘要 |
<p>This method and apparatus described herein imposes masking factors to the determined quantization step sizes of macroblocks of a video sequence such that encoding efficiency is increased. A conditional masking method can be used to take advantage of the fact that P-pictures are more important than B-pictures in terms of motion and scene updates as coding noise in such updates are likely propagated by P-pictures. The masking can be applied conditionally to motion/scene update regions of a picture such that coding noise is reduced and therefore bits are saved from less propagation of this noise. Before encoding each macroblock of a picture from an input video sequence, a video encoder with conditional masking determines if the macroblock type belongs to a significant motion or scene update region. A conditional masking factor is then determined for the macroblock based on the determined macroblock type and the picture coding type. The conditional masking factor is combined with a macroblock reference quantization step-size which may be calculated using conventional methods based on bit allocation and bit utilization, and an optional activity masking factor based on activity level of the macroblock and/or its surrounding region to form the final quantization step-size for coding of the macroblock.</p> |
申请公布号 |
WO9959344(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
1999.11.18 |
申请号 |
WO1998SG00034 |
申请日期 |
1998.05.12 |
申请人 |
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC (PTE) LTD.;HUI, YAU, WAI, LUCAS |
发明人 |
HUI, YAU, WAI, LUCAS |
分类号 |
H04N7/50;(IPC1-7):H04N7/50 |
主分类号 |
H04N7/50 |
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