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Perceptual VVC quantization refinement with ensemble learning
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DOI：10.1016/j.displa.2021.102103.png)
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Compressing videos while maintaining an acceptable level of Quality of Experience (QoE) is indispensable. To this aim, a feasible method is to further increase the Quantization Parameter (QP) of video stream to eliminate visual redundancy, simultaneously utilizing perceptual characteristics of Human Visual System (HVS) to impose a threshold constraint on the maximum QP. In this paper, we employ Just Noticeable Distortion (JND) to characterize the aforementioned threshold constraint, thereby avoiding perceptual loss during QP refinement process. We propose an effective JND-based algorithm for QP optimization, in which a video saliency detection is introduced to extract regions of interest, a refinement model based on a lightweight network is designed to predict QP value and an ensemble learning method to improve generalization performance. Theoretical analysis and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm has been successfully applied to Versatile Video Coding (VVC) to achieve significant bitrate reduction without sacrificing perceived quality.
Keywords:
Just noticeable distortion
Quantization parameter
Human visual system
Refinement model
Ensemble learning
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