Embedded video coding using invertible motion compensated 3-D subband/wavelet filter bank

In this paper, we present a new embedded video coding system with local motion compensation. An invertible motion compensated 3-D subband filter bank is utilized for video analysis/synthesis. The efficient embedded image coding scheme EZBC is extended to 3-D coding of video subbands. The coded bitstream is rate scalable and fully embedded thus meeting the increasing need for fine granular scalability in video streaming applications. Our experimental results show the new algorithm outperforms nonscalable standard MPEG-2 by 0.8-3.3 dB (luminance component) over a broad range of bitrates, while providing an embedded video bitstream. Unlike conventional SNR hybrid coders, this multirate property is achieved without a loss in compression efficiency. Comparisons are also made to two other competing embedded video coders, LZC and SD-SPIHT, both based on 3-D subband coding as well. The new coder demonstrates a significant advantage for encoding video with high local motion content, thanks to the efficient inclusion of local motion information in the temporal filter bank of our proposed system. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.