基于FPGA的可变尺寸块运动估计高效结构

针对可变尺寸块运动估计(VBSME,Variable Block-Size Motion Estimation)的硬件结构在现场可编程门阵列(FPGA, Field Programmable Gate Array)上实现时消耗资源多且速度慢的问题,提出了一种面积和速度优化的VBSME硬件结构.其中,绝对差累加和(SAD,Sum of Absolute Differences)的计算采用基于随机存储器(RAM,Random Access Memory)的累加计算方式,比基于寄存器合并的方式节省了面积并增加了速度;通过采用脉动比较链而非总线结构,增强了多个SAD值的比较能力,并能高效地实现对部分差排除算法(PDE,Partial Difference Elimination)的支持.基于Virtex-II型FPGA器件,本结构消耗了2261个slice,时钟频率达到164MHz,在搜索窗口为16×16时可实时处理标清格式的视频.与同类设计相比,设计的面积可减少77%,速度增加218%,FPGA的硬件效率显著提升.

FPGA-based hardware-efficient architecture for variable block-size motion estimation

To improve the hardware efficiency of the FPGA-based(field programmable gate array based)architecture for variable block-size motion estimation,a novel architecture was proposed,which was optimized in both area and speed.This architecture introduced RAM-based SAD(sum of absolute differences) accumulators,which had better performance than register-based combiner in both area and speed.To improve the speed of SADs' comparison and support partial difference eliminating algorithm,the architecture adopted a syst...