Robust block-based motion estimation for image reconstruction using bi-direction confidential

Abstract

In block-based motion estimation where the outcome of the motion vector (MV) is used to reconstruct the image, noise is one of the major problems that impact the quality of the performance in image reconstruction. There are several aspects to improve the quality of the reconstructed image but we focus on improvement of the accuracy in MV from existing block-based motion estimation algorithms when they applies our proposed model only without other any additional models. Because we would like to prove that our proposed model improves an accuracy of the MV that it leads to the better quality of the reconstructed image as a result. This paper presents robust block-based motion estimation where bi-direction confidential model is applied over the existing block-based motion estimation algorithm to improve the accuracy of the MV itself. In the experiment where we simulated several Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) levels over several experiment sequences, we found that the proposed model improved the quality of the reconstructed image when it is applied over several existing block-based motion estimation algorithms. In our experiment, we evaluated the quality of reconstructed image by using Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR).