motion estimation and compensation for very low bitrate video coding

3.2.3.1 Data Structures :::::::::::::: 89
3.2.3.2 State Transitions :::::::::::::: 89
3.2.4 Experimental Results :::::::::::::::: 92
3.3 Conclusion :::::::::::::::::::::::::: 92
4 Image Pre-Processing for VLBR Video Coding 95
4.1 Intuitive Rationale :::::::::::::::::::::: 96
4.2 Rate Distortion Conditions :::::::::::::::::101
4.2.1 Image Model :::::::::::::::::::::101
4.2.2 Intra Coding of Images :::::::::::::::102
4.2.3 Inter Coding without Motion Compensation ::::103
4.2.3.1 Usual Scheme :::::::::::::::104
4.2.3.2 Proposed Scheme :::::::::::::105
4.2.4 Inter Coding with Motion Compensation :::::105
4.2.5 Theoretical Conclusion ::::::::::::::::106
4.3 Experimental Results :::::::::::::::::::::107
4.4 Conclusion ::::::::::::::::::::::::::119
5 Mesh-Based Motion Compensation 121
5.1 Estimation, Transcription and Reconstruction :::::::123
5.1.1 The Proposed Reconstruction ::::::::::::123
5.1.2 Problems to be Addressed ::::::::::::::124
5.1.2.1 Mesh Vertices :::::::::::::::125
5.1.2.2 Motion Interpolation :::::::::::127
5.1.2.3 Reversing the Motion Information ::::128
5.2 Mesh Design :::::::::::::::::::::::::128
5.2.1 Detecting Edges :::::::::::::::::::130
5.2.1.1 Enhancing Image Boundaries :::::::130
5.2.1.2 Following Half Boundaries ::::::::134
5.2.2 Corner Extraction ::::::::::::::::::137
5.3 Motion Transcription :::::::::::::::::::::141
5.3.1 Reversing the Sense of the Motion Information : :141
5.3.2 Interpolating the Motion Values ::::::::::141
5.3.3 Mesh Connectivity ::::::::::::::::::146
5.3.4 First results ::::::::::::::::::::::147
5.4 Results :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::148
5.5 Conclusion ::::::::::::::::::::::::::158
Conclusion 161
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