title: Motion estimation using higher order statistics.
abstract: The objective of this paper is to introduce a fourth-order cost function of the displaced frame difference (DFD) capable of estimating motion even for small regions or blocks. Using higher than second-order statistics is appropriate in case the image sequence is severely corrupted by additive Gaussian noise. Some results are presented and compared to those obtained from the mean kurtosis and the mean square error of the DFD.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Signal Theory and Commun., Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sayrol
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gasull
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Fonollosa