Block-Size Dependent Overlapped Block Motion Compensation

Abstract

Overlapped block motion compensation (OBMC) is one of the inter prediction tools that improves coding performance. OBMC applied to various non-squared blocks has been studied in VVC, which is being standardized by joint video experts team (JVET), to improve coding performance over HEVC. Memory bandwidth, however, is a bottleneck when OBMC is used, and conventional methods have not achieved a good trade-off regarding coding performance and memory bandwidth so far. In this study, interpolation filters and applicable conditions of OBMC depending on block sizes are proposed to achieve the best trade-off. The experimental results show a -0.40% BD-rate gain compared with that of the VVC test model 3 for random access conditions under the common test condition in JVET.