Video encoder and motion estimation apparatus therefor with rate-constrained search ordering of candidate blocks

Video encoder and motion estimation apparatus therefor with rate-constrained search ordering of candidate blocks

Trudeau, L N and Coulombe, S and Desrosiers, C

US Patent 10,462,481 2019

Abstract : A video encoder with rate-constrained search ordering feature for reducing computational cost of motion estimation in video coding has been provided. The video encoder has a motion estimation module for determining vector encoding costs for respective motion łdots