Efficient Quadtree Compression for Temporal Trajectory Filtering

Summary form only given. Spatial in loop filters are a well established tool to improve the compression performance of today's video codecs. Temporal denoising and deblocking filters have recently also received some attention, because of their ability to stabilize pictures and to reduce flickering artifacts. One such filter, the previously introduced Quad tree-based Temporal Trajectory Filter, can produce good results, provided that the associated quad tree is sufficiently detailed. In this paper a novel, generally applicable scheme to compress such quad tree information is presented. In addition, the performance of the filter within the current HEVC test model HM 8.0 is investigated.