Bi-prediction combining template and block motion compensations
Chung‐Lin Lee, Chun-Chi Chen, Yi-Wen Chen, Mu-Hsuan Wu, Chung-Hao Wu, Wen-Hsiao Peng · 2011
This paper introduces a bi-prediction scheme with only a motion overhead as for unidirectional prediction. It combines motion vectors found by template and block matchings with the overlapped block motion compensation (OBMC). An optimal window function is designed based on a model-based framework. Additionally, the concept of adaptive motion merging is incorporated to enable a template-matching-free implementation. Three algorithms featuring different performance and complexity trade-offs are implemented using the TMuC-0.9_HM software and tested with the common test conditions. Relative to the anchor, the best of them achieves an average BD-rate saving of 2.2%, with a minimum of 0.2% and a maximum of 4.7%.