An approach for parsing MPEG compressed video into shots and sub-shots based only on the macroblock (MB) and motion vector (MV) information is presented. The system follows a two-pass scheme and has a hybrid rule-base...
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An approach for parsing MPEG compressed video into shots and sub-shots based only on the macroblock (MB) and motion vector (MV) information is presented. The system follows a two-pass scheme and has a hybrid rule-based/neural structure. A rough scan over the P frames locates the potential shot boundaries and the solution is then refined by a precise scan over the B frames of the respective neighborhoods. The "simpler" boundaries are recognized by the rule-based module, while the decisions for the "complex" ones are refined by the neural part. The latter is also used to distinguish dissolves from object and camera motions and to break the shots into sub-shots. The experiments demonstrate high speed and accuracy in shot detection and their characterization.
With small device features in submicron technologies, interconnection delays play a dominant part in cycle time. Hence, it is important to consider the impact of physical design during high level synthesis. In compari...
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With small device features in submicron technologies, interconnection delays play a dominant part in cycle time. Hence, it is important to consider the impact of physical design during high level synthesis. In comparison to a traditional approach which separates high-level synthesis from physical design, an algorithm which is able to make these stages interact very closely, would result in solutions with lower latency and area. However, such an approach could result in increased runtimes. parallelprocessing is an attractive way of reducing the runtimes. In this paper, two parallel algorithms for simultaneous scheduling, binding and floorplanning algorithm are presented. A detailed hardware model is considered, taking into account multiplexor and register areas and delays. Experimental results are reported on an IBM SP-2 multicomputer, with close to linear speedups for a set of benchmark circuits.
We propose an adjusted digital filtering method to overcome the Nyquist limitation of the iterative algorithm used to eliminate the twin image and demonstrate its advantages over existing algorithms. We also have appl...
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We propose an adjusted digital filtering method to overcome the Nyquist limitation of the iterative algorithm used to eliminate the twin image and demonstrate its advantages over existing algorithms. We also have applied and tested an electronic multiplexing method to eliminate the twin image noise in optical scanning holography.
Presents a novel approach to the problem of computer aided analysis of digital mammograms for breast cancer detection: namely, the development of algorithms to recognize unequivocally normal mammograms. First, the aut...
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Presents a novel approach to the problem of computer aided analysis of digital mammograms for breast cancer detection: namely, the development of algorithms to recognize unequivocally normal mammograms. First, the authors eliminate amorphous "clouds" or "blobs" in mammograms produced by normal glandular tissue of varying density using local average subtraction. Then the authors identify and remove normal connective tissue markings based on a set of specially designed line detectors. Any abnormality that may exist in the mammogram is therefore enhanced in the residual image, which makes the decision regarding the normality of the mammogram, much easier.
We study the problem of representing images within a multimedia Database Management System (DBMS), in order to support fast retrieval operations without compromising storage efficiency. To achieve this goal, we propos...
We study the problem of representing images within a multimedia Database Management System (DBMS), in order to support fast retrieval operations without compromising storage efficiency. To achieve this goal, we propose new image coding techniques which combine a wavelet representation, embedded coding of the wavelet coefficients, and segmentation of image-domain regions in the wavelet domain. A bitstream is generated in which each image region is encoded independently of other regions, without having to explicitly store information describing the regions. Simulation results show that our proposed algorithms achieve coding performance which compares favorably, both perceptually and objectively, to that achieved using state-of-the-art image/video coding techniques while additionally providing region-based support.
An object-based stereo image coding algorithm is proposed. The algorithm relies on modeling of the object structure using 3-D wire-frame models and motion estimation using globally rigid and locally deformable motion ...
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An object-based stereo image coding algorithm is proposed. The algorithm relies on modeling of the object structure using 3-D wire-frame models and motion estimation using globally rigid and locally deformable motion models. Algorithms for the estimation of motion and structure parameters from stereo images are described. Motion parameters are used to construct predicted images by mapping the image texture on the object surface. Coding of object parameters, appearing background regions, and prediction errors are investigated, and experimental results with standard stereo image sequences depicting general scenes are presented. The proposed algorithm is seen to be very efficient for applications such as stereoscopic video transmission. Furthermore, it is especially well suited to advanced applications such as generation and transmission of intermediate views for multiview receiver systems and applications in which object-wise editing of the bit stream is required. The latter include video production using preanalyzed scenes and virtual reality applications.
A rate-distortion framework is used to define a very low bit-rate coding scheme based on quadtree segmentation and optimized selection of motion estimators, This technique achieves maximum reconstructed image quality ...
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A rate-distortion framework is used to define a very low bit-rate coding scheme based on quadtree segmentation and optimized selection of motion estimators, This technique achieves maximum reconstructed image quality under the constraint of a target bit rate for the coding of the vector field and segmentation information, First, a complete scheme is proposed for hybrid two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) motion estimation and compensation, The quadtree object segmentation is optimized for hybrid motion estimation in the rate-distortion sense, This scheme adapts to the depth of the quadtree and the technique used for motion estimation for each leaf of the tree. A more sophisticated technique, adapted to the requirements of a very low bit-rate coder, is also proposed which also considers the transmission of the prediction error corresponding to the particular choice of the motion estimator, Based on these coding schemes, two versions of a very low bit-rate image sequence coder are developed, Experimental results illustrating the performance of the proposed techniques in very low bit-rate image sequence coding application areas are presented and evaluated.
The domain of a global function is the set of all global states of an execution of a distributed program, We show how to monitor a program in order to determine if there exists a global state in which the sum x(1) + x...
The domain of a global function is the set of all global states of an execution of a distributed program, We show how to monitor a program in order to determine if there exists a global state in which the sum x(1) + x(2) +...+ x(N), exceeds some constant K, where x(i) is defined in process i. We examine the cases where x(i) is an integer variable for N = 2 and where x(i) is a boolean variable for general N, For both cases we provide algorithms, prove their correctness, and analyze their complexity. (C) 1997 Academic Press.
In this paper we propose an object-based stereo image coding algorithm. The algorithm relies on modeling of the object structure using 3D wire-frame models, and motion estimation using globally rigid and locally defor...
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In this paper we propose an object-based stereo image coding algorithm. The algorithm relies on modeling of the object structure using 3D wire-frame models, and motion estimation using globally rigid and locally deformable motion models. Algorithms for the estimation of motion and structure parameters from stereo images are described. Motion parameters are used to construct predicted images at subsequent time instances by mapping the image texture on the object surface. Coding of object parameters, appearing background regions and prediction errors is investigated and experimental results with video-conference scenes are presented. The proposed algorithm is very efficient for applications like stereoscopic video transmission, and is especially suited to advanced applications such as generation and transmission of intermediate views for multiview receiver systems, as well as applications in which an object-wise editing of the bit-stream is required, such as video-production using preanalysed scenes or virtual reality applications.
In this paper we integrate motion and structure estimation in order to exploit their coherence. We propose an algorithm that uses models for object surfaces and their motion and estimates the model parameters using th...
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In this paper we integrate motion and structure estimation in order to exploit their coherence. We propose an algorithm that uses models for object surfaces and their motion and estimates the model parameters using the image intensity matching criterion. The visible scene surface is represented with a parametrically deformable, spatially adaptive, wireframe model. Object motion is first modeled using the well-known rigid motion assumption along with the quaternion rotation representation. Nonrigid motion modeling using the finite element technique is also investigated as an alternative to rigid motion modeling or as a refinement of it. A functional containing image matching and surface smoothness constraints is minimized with respect to the unknown model parameters. A discontinuity detection scheme allowing deactivation of smoothness constraints across object boundaries, is investigated. A regularization scheme using a coarse to fine strategy is employed. (C) 1997 Academic Press.
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