Efficient image segmentation for region-based motion estimation and compensation

  • Authors:
  • L. Salgado;N. Garcia;J. M. Menendez;E. Rendon

  • Affiliations:
  • Image Process. Group, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

An intra-frame segmentation strategy to assist region-based motion estimation and compensation is presented. It is based on the multiresolution application of a histogram clustering and a probabilistic relaxation-labeling algorithm, followed by a local gradient-based bottom-up merging procedure. Specially suited for region-based video coding, it strongly differs from other proposals in that it generates arbitrary shaped image regions with pixel accuracy at a low computational cost, while allowing full reconstruction of the segmentation at the decoder without the transmission of any region description information