FPSoC-Based Architecture for a Fast Motion Estimation Algorithm in H.264/AVC

There is an increasing need for high quality video on low power, portable devices. Possible target applications range from entertainment and personal communications to security and health care. While H.264/AVC answers the need for high quality video at lower bit rates, it is significantly more complex than previous coding standards and thus results in greater power consumption in practical implementations. In particular, Motion Estimation (ME), in H.264/AVC consumes the largest power in an H.264/AVC encoder. It is therefore critical to speed-up integer ME in H.264/AVC via Fast Motion Estimation (FME) algorithms and hardware acceleration.