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Size-Variable Block Matching for Extracting Motion Information

동작정보 추출을 위한 가변적 탐색 영역과 블록 크기의 정합

  • 장석우 (숭실대학교 생산기술연구소) ;
  • 김봉근 (청주과학대학 컴퓨터학과) ;
  • 김계영 (숭실대학교 컴퓨터학과) ;
  • 최형일 (숭실대학교 미디어학부)
  • Published : 2003.06.01

Abstract

This Paper Proposes a size-variable block matching algorithm for motion vector extraction. The Proposed algorithm dynamically determines the search area and the size of a block. We exploit the constraint of small velocity changes of a block along the time to determine the origin of the search area. The range of the search area is adjusted according to the motion coherency of spatially neighboring blocks. The process of determining the sire of a block begins matching with a small block. If the matching degree is not good enough, we expand the size of a block a little bit and then repeat the matching process until our matching criterion Is satisfied. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can yield very accurate block motion vectors. Our algorithm outperforms other algorithms in terms of the estimated motion vectors, though our algorithm requires some computational overhead.

본 논문에서는 영상으로부터 블록 단위의 동작벡터를 추출하기 위해 가변적인 크기의 블록을 사용하는 정합 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 정합 알고리즘은 탐색영역의 크기를 적응적으로 조절하고, 보다 정확한 동작벡터를 추출할 때가지 블록의 크기를 동적으로 설정한다. 본 논문에서는 탐색영역의 중심위치를 결정하기 위해 시간의 경과에 따른 블록의 동작변화는 작다고 가정한다. 또한, 탐색영역의 범위는 공간적으로 인접한 블록들의 동작 균일성에 따라 조절된다. 블록의 크기를 결정하는 과정은 작은 크기의 블록에서부터 정합을 시작한다. 정합 정확도가 좋을 경우 블록의 크기를 조금 확대한 후 본 논문에서 정한 정합 기준이 만족될 때가지 정합 과정을 반복한다. 실험 결과는 제안한 가변적인 블록정합 방법이 보다 정확한 블록 단위의 동작벡터를 추출함을 보여준다.

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