PID-Based Bit Allocation Strategy for Asymmetric Stereoscopic Video Coding with Fuzzy Quality Controller

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2013-03-13
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Asymmetricstereoscopicvideocodingcantakeadvantageofbinocularsuppressioninhumanvisionbyrepresentingoneofthetwoviewsinlowerquality.Thispaperproposesabitallocationstrategyforasymmetricstereoscopicvideocoding.Inordertoimprovetheaccuracyofbitallocationandratecontrolintheleftview,aproportionalintegral-derivativecontrollerisadopted.Meanwhile,tocontrolthequalityfluctuationbetweenconsecutiveframesoftheleftview,aqualitycontrollerisadopted.Besides,afuzzycontrollerisproposedtocontrolthevariationinqualitybetweentheleftandrightviewsbycomparingthePSNRdisparityoftwoviewswithafixedthreshold,whichisusedtoquantizethebinocularpsycho-visualredundancyandadjustthequantizationparameter(QP)oftherightviewcorrespondingly.TheproposedalgorithmhasbeenimplementedinH.264/AVCvideocodec,andtheexperimentalresultsshowitseffectivenessinratecontrolwhilekeepingagoodqualityfortheleftview,andfewerbitsareallocatedfortherightviewsothattheoverallbitrateissavedby7.2%atmostwithoutthelossofsubjectivevisualqualityforstereoscopicvideo.