A Fast Block Matching Technique Using a Gradual Voting Strategy

Jik-Han JUNG  Hwal-Suk LEE  Dong-Jo PARK  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems   Vol.E93-D   No.4   pp.926-929
Publication Date: 2010/04/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1361
DOI: 10.1587/transinf.E93.D.926
Print ISSN: 0916-8532
Type of Manuscript: LETTER
Category: Image Processing and Video Processing
Keyword: 
block matching,  gradual voting strategy,  direct-address table,  

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Summary: 
In this letter, a novel technique for fast block matching using a new matching criterion is proposed. The matching speed and image quality are controlled by the one control parameter called matching region ratio. An efficient matching scheme with a gradual voting strategy is also proposed. This scheme can greatly boost the matching speed. The proposed technique is fast and applicable even in the presence of speckle noise or partial occlusion.