Fast integer motion estimation for H.264 video coding standard

Multiple block size motion estimation is adopted in the latest JVT/H.264 video coding standard to achieve higher coding efficiency. However, full exhaustive search of all block sizes is computational intensive with motion estimation complexity increasing linearly with the number of block sizes allowed. We propose a fast integer motion estimation method for multiple block size motion estimation (FMBME) which reduces computation significantly. Experimental result shows that, compared with full search, the proposed method can have a speed up factor of four with bit-rate increases within 1%.