Fast rate-constrained N-step search algorithm for motion estimation
Muhammed Coban, Russell M. Mersereau · 2002
A fast N-step search algorithm for rate-constrained motion estimation is presented. The motion vectors are selected from a search window based on a rate-distortion criterion by successively eliminating the search positions at each step. The performance of the proposed algorithm is identical to the performance of the conventional rate-constrained N-step search algorithm, with considerable reduction in computation. Computational savings increase in parallel with the increase in the rate constraint and the number of steps.