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Screen image sequence compression method utilizing adaptive block size coding and hierarchical GOP structure

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To compress screen image sequence in real-time remote and interactive applications, a novel compression method is proposed. The proposed method is named as CABHG. CABHG employs hybrid coding schemes that consist of intra-frame and inter-frame coding modes. The intra-frame coding is a rate-distortion optimized adaptive block size that can be also used for the compression of a single screen image. The inter-frame coding utilizes hierarchical group of pictures (GOP) structure to improve system performance during random accesses and fast-backward scans. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed CABHG method has approximately 47%–48% higher compression ratio and 46%–53% lower CPU utilization than professional screen image sequence codecs such as TechSmith Ensharpen codec and Sorenson 3 codec. Compared with general video codecs such as H.264 codec, XviD MPEG-4 codec and Apple’s Animation codec, CABHG also shows 87%–88% higher compression ratio and 64%–81% lower CPU utilization than these general video codecs.

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  1. School of Electronic, Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Xing Wu  (武星)

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Michigan, 48109, USA

    Liang Mei  (梅亮)

  3. Joint Institute of University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Qi Xi  (袭奇) & Shen-sheng Zhang  (张申生)

  4. College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, 5258577, Japan

    Yan-wei Chen  (陈延伟)

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Foundation item: Project(60873230) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China

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Wu, X., Mei, L., Xi, Q. et al. Screen image sequence compression method utilizing adaptive block size coding and hierarchical GOP structure. J. Cent. South Univ. Technol. 17, 786–794 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-010-0557-6

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