Directional wavelet transforms for prediction residuals in video coding

Various directional transforms have been developed recently to improve image compression. In video compression, however, prediction residuals of image intensities, such as the motion compensation residual or the resolution enhancement residual, are transformed. The applicability of the directional transforms on prediction residuals have not been carefully investigated. In this paper, we briefly discuss differing characteristics of prediction residuals and images, and propose directional transforms specifically designed for prediction residuals. We compare these transforms with the directional transforms proposed for images using prediction residuals. The results of the comparison indicate that our proposed directional transforms can provide better compression of prediction residuals than the directional transforms proposed for images.