Hybrid Intraprediction Based on Local and Nonlocal Correlations

• Published in: IEEE transactions on multimedia Vol. 20; no. 7; pp. 1622 - 1635
• Main Authors: Zhang, Tao, Fan, Xiaopeng, Zhao, Debin, Xiong, Ruiqin, Gao, Wen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Computer science; Correlation; Encoding; High efficiency video coding; High efficient video coding (HEVC); intra coding; intra prediction; Prediction methods; template matching prediction
• ISSN: 1520-9210; 1941-0077
• DOI: 10.1109/TMM.2017.2775223

In the latest video coding standard, namely, high-efficiency video coding (HEVC), intra coding efficiency is significantly improved by a quadtree partition structure and more intra prediction modes. For intra coding, 35 intra modes are employed including 33 angular intra prediction (AIP) modes that are effective for blocks with strong directions, and a planar mode and a dc mode that are used to predict smooth regions. However, intra prediction in HEVC still cannot handle complicated blocks well. To deal with this problem, this paper proposes a hybrid intra prediction method to improve the intra prediction efficiency. The proposed hybrid intra prediction method consists of three parts: adaptive template matching prediction (ATMP) by exploring nonlocal correlation, combined local and nonlocal prediction by exploring both local correlation for AIP and non-local correlation for ATMP, and combined neighboring modes prediction that can generate smooth prediction by exploring more local correlations. Experimental results suggest that the proposed hybrid intra prediction method achieves 2.8% BD-rate reduction on average for luma compared to HEVC reference software HM-14.0 under all intra main configurations. The gain can be up to 6.9%. When integrated into joint exploration model −1.0, the proposed method still can achieve 1.2% BD-rate reduction for luma.