Quality of service specification in video databases

Multimedia database systems require not only that correct results are delivered with acceptable delay, but also that they're delivered in real time with acceptable quality. A constraint-based rule language can serve as the foundation for providing this level of quality of service in video databases.     

Model-Based Video Classification toward Hierarchical Representation,Indexing and Access

In this paper, we develop a content-based video classification approach to support semantic categorization, high-dimensional indexing and multi-level access. Our contributions are in four points: (a) We first present a hierarchical video database model that captures the structures and semantics of video contents in databases. One advantage of this hierarchical video database model is that it can provide a framework for automatic mapping from high-level concepts to low-level representative features. (b) We second propose a set of useful techniques for exploiting the basic units (e.g., shots or objects) to access the videos in database. (c) We third suggest a learning-based semantic classification technique to exploit the structures and semantics of video contents in database. (d) We further develop a cluster-based indexing structure to both speed-up query-by-example and organize databases for supporting more effective browsing. The applications of this proposed multi-level video database representation and indexing structures for MPEG-7 are also discussed.     

Effect of Immersion Time and Cooling Mode on the Electrochemical Behavior of Hot-Dip Galvanized Steel in Sulfuric Acid Medium

In this work, we investigated the influence of galvanizing immersion time and cooling modes environments on the electrochemical corrosion behavior of hot-dip galvanized steel, in 1 M sulfuric acid electrolyte at room temperature using potentiodynamic polarization technique. In addition, the evolution of thickness, structure and microstructure of zinc coatings for different immersion times and two cooling modes (air and water) is characterized, respectively, by using of Elcometer scan probe, x-ray diffraction and metallography analysis. The analysis of the behavior of steel and galvanized steel, vis-a-vis corrosion, by means of corrosion characteristic parameters as anodic (β _a) and cathodic (β _c) Tafel slopes, corrosion potential (E _corr), corrosion current density (i _corr), corrosion rate (CR) and polarization resistance (R _p), reveals that the galvanized steel has anticorrosion properties much better than that of steel. More the immersion time increases, more the zinc coatings thickness increases, and more these properties become better. The comparison between the two cooling modes shows that the coatings of zinc produced by hot-dip galvanization and air-cooled provides a much better protection to steel against corrosion than those cooled by quenching in water which exhibit a brittle corrosive behavior due to the presence of cracks.