On the combination of a polynomial motion estimation with a hierarchical segmentation based video coding scheme

This article studies the cooperation between polynomial motion analysis and region-based video coding, in the context of multimedia dedicated video coding. It is based on the work made to develop a specific algorithm in this scope, but tries to stay as generic as possible. It first highlights the most important features of the polynomial region-based motion estimation method, and describes its implementation framework. Then, it analyzes the possibilities their combination is offering: improvement of the motion prediction quality, improvement of the codec compression performances, adaptability of the scheme to object-based functionalities