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Color-based coding unit level adaptive quantization for HEVC

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Prangnell, Lee and Sanchez Silva, Victor (2016) Color-based coding unit level adaptive quantization for HEVC. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Mathematics Institute. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

HEVC HM 16 includes a Coding Unit (CU) level perceptual quantization technique named AdaptiveQP. AdaptiveQP adjusts the Quantization Parameter (QP) at the CU level based on the spatial activity of samples in the four constituent N×N sub-blocks of the luma Coding Block (CB), which is contained within a 2N×2N CU. In this paper, we propose C-BAQ, which, in contrast to AdaptiveQP, adjusts the CU level QP according to the spatial activity of samples in the four constituent N×N sub-blocks of both the luma and chroma CBs. By computing the sum of luma, chroma Cb and chroma Cr spatial activity in a CU, a richer reflection of spatial activity in the CU is attained. Therefore, a more appropriate CU level QP can be selected, thus leading to important improvements in terms of coding efficiency. We evaluate the proposed technique in HEVC HM 16.7 using 4:4:4, 4:2:2 and 4:2:0 YCbCr sequences. Both subjective and objective evaluations are undertaken during which we compare C-BAQ with AdaptiveQP. The objective evaluation reveals that C-BAQ attains a maximum BD-Rate reduction of 15.9% (Y), 13.1% (Cr) and 16.1% (Cb) in addition to a maximum decoding time reduction of 11.0%.

Item Type: Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Computer Science
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): High definition video recording
Publisher: University of Warwick. Mathematics Institute
Place of Publication: Coventry
Official Date: 2016
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Number of Pages: 5
Institution: University of Warwick
Status: Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Unpublished
Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Grant number: P83801G/1359088 (EPSRC)
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