A Study on Sub-pixel Interpolation Filtering Algorithm and Hardware Structural Design Aiming at HEVC

Abstract

Aiming at the new-generation video compression standard being formulated—HEVC, a kind of sub-pixel interpolation filtering algorithm is proposed (luminance: 1/4 precision, chrominance: 1/8 precision). Based on the algorithm, a hardware design with pipeline structure and high degree of parallelism is put forward. The hardware overhead is reduced by multiplex Wiener filter and the reduction of the size of register array. And the interpolation order of vertical priority is adopted to reduce the reading bandwidth of the storage. It is indicated from the performance analysis that this interpolation structure possesses better performance and smaller hardware overhead. This design also takes full consideration of the balance between speed and area, meeting the requirements of processing standard definition and high definition video image. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/telkomnika.v11i12.3676