A fast algorithm for gaining scene background information from a TV sequence is presented. This picture information is used by an uncovered background predictor in a motion-compensating predictive coder for videoconfe...
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A fast algorithm for gaining scene background information from a TV sequence is presented. This picture information is used by an uncovered background predictor in a motion-compensating predictive coder for videoconference or picture telephone applications. In uncovered background regions, prediction error entropy is reduced close to the value of the frame difference entropy in static regions, which is regarded as a practical lower bound. Almost all these picture elements can therefore be reconstructed without transmission. A motion-compensating hybrid differentialpulse-codemodulation (hybrid-DPCM)/transform coder is supplemented by uncovered background prediction. The maximum bit rate reduction achieved in the experiments is 9% for a picture where 14% of the picture elements of temporally changed regions belong to uncovered background regions.
An algorithm is described for filtering streak noise in corrupted DPCM (differentialpulsecode modulated) images. In this scheme, the corrupted line is detected using the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney nonparametric test. Thi...
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An algorithm is described for filtering streak noise in corrupted DPCM (differentialpulsecode modulated) images. In this scheme, the corrupted line is detected using the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney nonparametric test. This test mechanism requires no PCM-update multiplexing. The corrupted line is then filtered using a likelihood ratio test and data from the previous line. Typical experimental results are provided.
Polarization self-modulation achieved at frequencies far above the relaxation oscillation frequency in an external-cavity hybrid ring semiconductor laser without the need for any high-speed electronics is discussed. T...
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Polarization self-modulation achieved at frequencies far above the relaxation oscillation frequency in an external-cavity hybrid ring semiconductor laser without the need for any high-speed electronics is discussed. This demonstrates that polarization modulation may be a viable alternative for generating controlled signals at extremely high frequencies ( approximately=100 GHz) for use as microwave and millimeter-wave optical carriers.
Methods are presented for enhancing one-dimensional variable-length differentialpulse-codemodulation (VLDPCM) images corrupted by transmission errors, are presented. The proposed methods take advantage of the VLDPCM...
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Methods are presented for enhancing one-dimensional variable-length differentialpulse-codemodulation (VLDPCM) images corrupted by transmission errors, are presented. The proposed methods take advantage of the VLDPCM code's high sensitivity to errors. Two methods are described. The first involves no increase of transmitted bit rate and consists of processing the corrupted image. The second method involves the transmission of additional information to enable an almost exact reconstruction of the original image. The amount of added redundancy can be reduced at the cost of performing more computations. In a simulation, the authors used less than 7% redundancy. Both methods achieve significant improvements which are demonstrated by the simulation results. The simulation results include original, corrupted, and enhanced images as well as the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) versus bit-error rate (BER) curve. For BER 10/sup -3/, the SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) gains for the first and second methods are greater than 17 and 44 dB, respectively.
A differentialpulse-codemodulation (DPCM) video codec with two-dimensional intrafield prediction and adaptive quantizer is presented. An approach for the arithmetic implementation of the DPCM structure and the desig...
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A differentialpulse-codemodulation (DPCM) video codec with two-dimensional intrafield prediction and adaptive quantizer is presented. An approach for the arithmetic implementation of the DPCM structure and the design of a test chip, fabricated in a 1.5 mu m CMOS technology, is described. This is the first VLSI realization of a DPCM codec with adaptive quantizer. For the test chip transmitter or receiver mode, application as part of a three-dimensional interframe codec and processing of luminance or chrominance signals are optional. A line buffer and ten different quantizer characteristics are realized on-chip. Correct operation has been verified up to 26 MHz.
The paper presents an efficient adaptive predictive coding method using the local characteristics of images. In this method, three coding schemes, namely, mean, subsampling combined with fixed DPCM, and ADPCM/PCM, are...
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The paper presents an efficient adaptive predictive coding method using the local characteristics of images. In this method, three coding schemes, namely, mean, subsampling combined with fixed DPCM, and ADPCM/PCM, are used and one of these is chosen adaptively based on the local characteristics of images. The prediction parameters of the 2-d linear predictor in the ADPCM/PCM are extracted on a block by block basis using the 2-d lattice filtering method. The order update 2-d lattice model proposed by Parker and Kayran is extended into order update and time update recursion for more efficient computation. Simulation results show that the proposed method is effective in reducing the slope overload distortion and the granular noise at low bit rates, and thus it can improve the visual quality of reconstructed images. Other advantages of this method are the low computational burden and the suitability for the VLSI implementation.
A vector generalization of differential pulse code modulation is used to provide quantization of control and measurements in a closed-loop control system. Algorithms are developed for the adaptive quantizer and predic...
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A vector generalization of differential pulse code modulation is used to provide quantization of control and measurements in a closed-loop control system. Algorithms are developed for the adaptive quantizer and predictor. Explicit expressions are derived for the quantization and estimation errors resulting from the differential encoding. Simulation results are presented which demonstrate that even for very low bit rates the quantized control performance is very close to the performance of the unquantized optimal control solution.
The free surface of a thermocapillary liquid is heated by irradiation with a Gaussian laser beam. The free surface passes by an earlier dilatation stage, followed by the formation of a pit. The surface deformation mod...
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The free surface of a thermocapillary liquid is heated by irradiation with a Gaussian laser beam. The free surface passes by an earlier dilatation stage, followed by the formation of a pit. The surface deformation modulates in turn the phase of the reflected and transmitted beams. This phenomenon belongs to the domain of self-modulation of light beams by interaction with a material medium. The dynamics of formation of a complex depression is studied experimentally and numerically.
A technique for reducing the visibility of transmission errors in television signals which have been digitally encoded using differentialpulse-codemodulation(d.p.c.m.) is to weight the predicted value of the signal ...
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A technique for reducing the visibility of transmission errors in television signals which have been digitally encoded using differentialpulse-codemodulation(d.p.c.m.) is to weight the predicted value of the signal by a factor less than unity. This prediction ‘leak’ has the effect of reducing the extent of the propagation, and hence the visibility, of transmission errors, but it may also increase the quantising distortion. A closely controlled subjective investigation of this error visibility against quantising distortion trade-off is described. Details of both the equipment and procedure followed are given and a mathematical model is derived to allow the plotting of curves of constant impairment for varying leak factor and error rate. The investigation indicated that for moderate channel error rates, a leak factor of 15/16 is a good compromise between error visibility and quantisation distoration.
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