标题: | 即时移除不再使用到的像素来减少real time H.264解码端解码图片缓冲器的容量 Reducing the real time H.264 Decoder’s Decoded Picture Buffer Size by removing the pixels that are no longer used in time |
作者: | 刘盈亨 Liu, Ying-Heng 傅心家 Fu, Hsin-Chia 资讯科学与工程研究所 |
关键字: | 嵌入式系统;解码图片缓冲器;记忆体架构;减少储存空间;embedded system;H.264 decoder;Decoded Picture Buffer;memory management;storage size reduction |
公开日期: | 2012 |
摘要: | 在标准H.264解码端中,解码图片缓冲器(Decoded Picture Buffer(DPB))占了95%以上的记忆体空间以及95%以上所需的晶片面积。若能有效减少解码图片缓冲器所需的记忆体空间,即可降低所需的晶片面积以及电量消耗,特别是针对嵌入式系统而言较为有利。 在此篇paper中,我们主要贡献在于分析图片间像素的参考特性,发现每一张图片在特定时间点后就有60~80%的像素不再被使用,进而可由解码图片缓冲器内即时移除。另外,根据资料串流的特性,我们提出适合的解码工作排程,以达到稳定的图片输出率。为了减少解码图片缓冲器的储存空间,我们针对每一张图片选择一个适当时机移除不再被使用的像素,并提出一个预先解码机制事先确认哪些像素在此时机后不再被使用,另外,我们提出一个新的记忆体架构用以管理资料。在不影响解码效能的情况下,相较于传统H.264解码端中,我们的设计在图片品质上损失4.1%的情况下,能省下62.4%的记忆体空间。在晶片面积以及电量消耗部分,相较于传统H.264解码器,能省下66.7%的晶片面积以及56.2%的电量消耗。 In the H.264 video compression standard decoder, the Decode Picture Buffer (DPB) consumes over 95% memory space and the chip area. If we can reduce the DPB size, it can achieve the reduction in chip area and power consumption especial the embedded video decoder. In this paper, we focus on the analysis of the reference behavior among the frames. We find that there are 60% to 80 % of pixels of each frame which are no longer used in specific time. Therefore, we can remove the unused pixels after the specific time to reduce the DPB size. Besides, according to the properties of streaming data, we proposed the suitable decoding pipeline to achieve the steady frame output rate. In order to reduce the DPB size, we propose the suitable time to remove the unused pixels for each frame, a pre-decoding mechanism to obtain the lifetime information of pixels, and new memory architecture to store the frames. Without affecting the decoding performance, our design is able to achieve a 62.4% reduction in storage, with a decrease in image quality less than 4.1%. Compared to the traditional H.264 decoder, our design can achieve a 66.7% reduction in chip area and a 56.2% reduction in power consumption. |
URI: | http://140.113.39.130/cdrfb3/record/nctu/#GT079855583 http://hdl.handle.net/11536/48317 |
显示于类别: | Thesis |
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