A system and method for speed the video system optimization using genetic algorithms
and memory storage, whereby previously evaluated chromosomes, and their associated
image quality, are stored in a memory unit for fast retrieval, such as a hash table,
to create a large savings of processing time for previously evaluated chromosomes
(variations of video systems) that do not have to be re-tested. The steps may include
(a) providing a video processing system that utilizes a heuristic optimization
framework for video image evaluation of a video image input including a plurality
of genetic algorithms; (b) testing a plurality of system optimization designs comprising
unique combinations of the plurality of genetic algorithms applied to optimize
the video image so as to result in plurality of modified images; (c) assigning
a fitness value to each of the plurality of system optimizations in step (b) based
on an objective image quality metric evaluation of the modified images; (d) storing
each of the tested system optimization designs including a respective modified
image and associated fitness value in a memory; (e) determining whether a proposed
system optimization design includes one or more particular combinations of genetic
algorithms that have been previously tested in step (b) and stored in the memory;
and (f) retrieving the results of the tested system optimization design comprising
the one or more particular combinations of genetic algorithms to find an optimum
solution for the subsequent video image evaluation.
