Research Article

A High-Throughput Hardware Architecture for the H.264/AVC Half-Pixel Motion Estimation Targeting High-Definition Videos

Table 2

Results for a less complex variable block size configuration ( , , ).

Video
Sequence
PSNR
(dB)
PSNR loss
(dB)
Bit-rate
(Kbps)
Bit-rate
loss (Kbps)

Akiyo40.760.06115.100.60
Bridge Close37.300.08154.62āˆ’0.71
Coastguard34.000.12271.72āˆ’0.61
Foreman36.300.17212.154.28
Mobile32.530.06395.643.83

Average36.180.10229.851.48

FS algorithm, search area, 1 past reference frame, quarter-pixel accuracy.