Linear predictive transform of monochrome images

Digital monochromatic images are encoded using a novel minimum mean square error (MSE) linear predictive transform (LPT) coding formulation. The new formulation is appealing for two important reasons. First, it leads to simple coder implementation with a satisfactory signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Second, it provides a general theoretical framework from which minimum MSE predictive coding and minimum MSE transform coding arise as special cases. Some specific results of this paper that illustrate the previous ideas are: a simple and generally suboptimum two-dimensional LPT coder operating at 2 bit pixer⁻¹ has approximately one third the complexity of a 4 × 4 Hadamard coder while yielding a better SNR; an optimum 2D LPT coder operating at 2 bit pixer⁻¹ has approximately one sixth the complexity of a 4 × 4 Karhunen-Loeve transform (KLT) coder while yielding a better SNR.     

基于运动矢量的视频图象数字水印算法

数字水印技术是近年发展起来的一种用于数字产品版权保护和真伪性论证的新兴技术。与静止图象相比，视频水印技术要满足盲检的要求。本文根据运动矢量的特征值ρl，提出了一种视频图象水印新算法。实验结果表明，所提出的水印算法简单、快速，能满足视频编码的实时性要求；算法与现有的视频压缩标准有很好的兼容性；水印的提取具有盲检功能，无需原图象；水印的嵌入不影响I帧的图象质量，与嵌入水印前的原压缩图象相比，嵌入水印后的视频图象信噪比损失很小。     

ATM网VBR编码会议电视业务模型的研究

文章研究了ATM网中VBR编码的会议电视业务的模型，提出一阶自回归、瑞利分布残差而不是高斯分布的AR序列模型──RAR（1），实验表明，该模型能产生足够多的大信元帧数，这对于研究信元丢失率特性具有至关重要的影响，而且简单实用。此外，RAR（1）模型在较少（16个）和较多（128个）VBR信源统计复用时，能很好地拟合实际的会议电视业务的统计数据。     

中央电视台第一个数字化演播室视频系统介绍

数字电视系统在提高图像质量方面已显示出极大的优越性。因此，世界各国电视台都已开始数字化的进程，中国也不例外。本文详细介绍了中央电视台第一个数字化演播室－８００ｍ＾２演播室的视频系统，包括视频系统数字信号格式的确定，主要设备的特点以及演播室数字视频系统的主要特点等，供广大同行参考。     

Automatic playlist generation based on tracking user’s listening habits

Algorithms for automatic playlist generation solve the problem of tedious and time consuming manual selection of musical playlists. These algorithms generate playlists according to the user’s music preferences of the moment. The user describes his preferences either by manually inputting a couple of example songs, or by defining constraints for the choice of music. The approaches to automatic playlist generation up to now were based on examining the metadata attached to the music pieces. Some of them took also the listening history into account. But anyway, a heavy accent has been put on the metadata, while the listening history, if it was used at all, had a minor role. Missings and errors in metadata frequently appear, especially when the music is acquired from the Internet. When the metadata is missing or wrong, the approaches proposed so far cannot work. Besides, entering constraints for the playlist generation can be a difficult activity. In our approach we ignored the metadata and focused on examining the listening habits. We developed two simple algorithms that track the listening habits and form a listener model—a profile of listening habits. The listener model is then used for automatic playlist generation. We developed a simple media player which tracks the listening habits and generates playlists according to the listener model. We tried the solution with a group of users. The experiment was not a successful one, but it threw some new light on the relationship between the listening habits and playlist generation.     

Foveation-Based Error Resilience and Unequal Error Protection over Mobile Networks

By exploiting new human-machine interface techniques, such as visual eyetrackers, it should be possible to develop more efficient visual multimedia services associated with low bandwidth, dynamic channel adaptation and robust visual data transmission. In this paper, we introduce foveation-based error resilience and unequal error protection techniques over highly error-prone mobile networks. Each frame is spatially divided into foveated and background layers according to perceptual importance. Perceptual importance is determined either through an eye tracker or by manually selecting a region of interest. We attempt to improve reconstructed visual quality by maintaining the high visual source throughput of the foveated layer using foveation-based error resilience and error correction using a combination of turbo codes and ARQ (automatic reQuest). In order to alleviate the degradation of visual quality, a foveation based bitstream partitioning is developed. In an effort to increase the source throughput of the foveated layer, we develop unequal delay-constrained ARQ (automatic reQuest) and rate compatible punctured turbo codes where the punctual pattern of RCPC (rate compatible punctured convolutional) codes in H.223 Annex C is used. In the simulation, the visual quality is significantly increased in the area of interest using foveation-based error resilience and unequal error protection; (as much as 3 dB FPSNR (foveal peak signal to noise ratio) improvement) at 40% packet error rate. Over real-fading statistics measured in the downtown area of Austin, Texas, the visual quality is increased up to 1.5 dB in PSNR and 1.8 dB in FPSNR at a channel SNR of 5 dB.     

新闻直播系统中字幕机备份及应急处理实例

简单介绍新闻直播系统中字幕机的接入方法、备份机制、数据共享以及应急处理方案。     

基于通信信道的视频传输系统的设计

提出了一种利用PCM基群信道进行视频信号传输的方法,介绍了传输系统的工作原理,对视频编码器进行了较为详细的分析,并采用数字信号处理器作控制器,实现了视频信号的实时传输。     

油井远程智能监控系统

根据采油厂油井监控的需求,将油井数据采集、网络视频监控技术和无线通信技术紧密结合起来,设计规划适用于油井的远程智能监控系统。重点介绍了远程智能监控技术的系统原理、组成结构、实现方式及其实际应用效果。     

H.323同步控制实现研究

提出并实现了一种H.323多媒体通信系统音视频同步控制算法,算法以正常语音播放为基准,利用H.263码流语法信息,通过调整视频播放帧率实现媒体间同步, 不增加通信冗余度。实际测试结果表明,算法有效地提高了多媒体通信系统音视频媒体同步性能和多媒体的感知服务质量,并已应用于实际多媒体通信系统。