Fast Coding Unit Partition Decision for HEVC Using Support Vector Machines

Despite the several speedup methods proposed in the literature, the computational complexity of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) video encoding is still a problem. This paper proposes a fast coding unit (CU) partition decision for use in HEVC encoders based on support vector machine (SVM)-trained offline. The SVM classifiers, features, and training procedures are described in detail, and a justification for the use of SVMs is provided. The...