Cross-Diamond Search Algorithm for Motion Estimation Based on Projection

Abstract

According to the time and space distribution of the video sequence image motion vector and the fact that the horizontal component of the non-zero motion vector is often more than the vertical component, this paper presents a cross-diamond search algorithm for motion estimation based on projection from studying the pre-judgment zero motion vector, the starting point of search prediction, the movement type determinant, search strategy formulation and other aspects. The algorithm ensures the image quality basically unchanged. In this case, the search speed of the proposed algorithm speeds up 95-245 times than full search and 4-6 times than the fast motion estimation algorithm. The proposed algorithm has a strong real-time character and an easy hardware implementation.