Non-separable mode dependent transforms for intra coding in HEVC

Abstract

Transform coding plays a crucial role in video coders. Recently, additional transforms based on the DST and the DCT have been included in the latest video coding standard, HEVC. Those transforms were introduced after a thoroughly analysis of the video signal properties. In this paper, we design additional transforms by using an alternative learning approach. The appropriateness of the design over the classical KLT learning is also shown. Subsequently, the additional designed transforms are applied to the latest HEVC scheme. Results show that coding performance is improved compared to the standard. Additional results show that the coding performance can be significantly further improved by using non-separable transforms. Bitrate reductions in the range of 2% over HEVC are achieved with those proposed transforms.