From: Marco Paniconi <marpan@google.com>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 23:44:17 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: vp8 denoiser: fix to zero_mv mode selection.
X-Git-Tag: v1.4.0~1475^2
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=609e91f9b7634f0fffef385cd0bccd18ab34ae92;p=libvpx

vp8 denoiser: fix to zero_mv mode selection.

In the current logic, if the sse for zero motion is smaller
than the sse for new_mv (i.e., best_sse), we may still end up
using the non-zero mv for denoising (if the magnitude of new_mv is above threshold).
This can happen for very noisy content, and can lead to artifacts.

This change ensures that we always use zero_mv (over new_mv) for
denoisng if sse_zero_mv <= best_sse.

Change-Id: I8ef9294d837b077013b77a46c9a71d17c648b48a
---

diff --git a/vp8/encoder/denoising.c b/vp8/encoder/denoising.c
index 1e645fbdf..1ea6d9a59 100644
--- a/vp8/encoder/denoising.c
+++ b/vp8/encoder/denoising.c
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ void vp8_denoiser_denoise_mb(VP8_DENOISER *denoiser,
     int mv_col;
     unsigned int motion_magnitude2;
     unsigned int sse_thresh;
+    int sse_diff_thresh = 0;
     MV_REFERENCE_FRAME frame = x->best_reference_frame;
     MV_REFERENCE_FRAME zero_frame = x->best_zeromv_reference_frame;
 
@@ -225,11 +226,16 @@ void vp8_denoiser_denoise_mb(VP8_DENOISER *denoiser,
         mbmi->need_to_clamp_mvs = x->need_to_clamp_best_mvs;
         mv_col = x->best_sse_mv.as_mv.col;
         mv_row = x->best_sse_mv.as_mv.row;
+        // Bias to zero_mv if small amount of motion.
+        // Note sse_diff_thresh is intialized to zero, so this ensures
+        // we will always choose zero_mv for denoising if
+        // zero_mv_see <= best_sse (i.e., sse_diff <= 0).
+        if ((unsigned int)(mv_row * mv_row + mv_col * mv_col)
+            <= NOISE_MOTION_THRESHOLD)
+            sse_diff_thresh = (int)SSE_DIFF_THRESHOLD;
 
         if (frame == INTRA_FRAME ||
-            ((unsigned int)(mv_row *mv_row + mv_col *mv_col)
-              <= NOISE_MOTION_THRESHOLD &&
-             sse_diff < (int)SSE_DIFF_THRESHOLD))
+            sse_diff <= sse_diff_thresh)
         {
             /*
              * Handle intra blocks as referring to last frame with zero motion