[...]... Chapter 12 introduces stereoscopic and multiview video processing techniques, including disparity estimation and coding of such sequences Chapters 1315 cover system-level issues in video communications Chapter 13 introduces the H.261, H.263, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 standards for video coding, comparing their intended applications and relative performance These standards integrate many of the coding... involved, video coding and its standardization are denitely the key enablers of these developments This book covers the fundamental theory and techniques for digital video processing, with a focus on video coding and communications It is intended as a textbook for a graduate-level course on video processing, as well as a reference or self-study text for xxi wang-50214 wangfm August 23, 2001 xxii 14:22 Preface... Three-Dimensional Object-Based Coding, 399 12.5.5 Three-Dimensional Model-Based Coding, 400 12.6 Summary 400 12.7 Problems 402 12.8 Bibliography 403 374 wang-50214 wangfm August 23, 2001 14:22 Contents xvii 13 405 VIDEO COMPRESSION STANDARDS 13.1 Standardization 406 13.1.1 13.1.2 13.1.3 13.1.4 13.2 Video Telephony with H.261 and H.263 13.2.1 13.2.2 13.2.3 13.3 13.7 13.8 426 Systems, 426 Audio, 426 Video, ... For a one-semester course focusing on video coding and communications, we recommend covering the two beginning chapters, followed by video modeling (Chapter 5), 2-D motion estimation (Chapter 6), video coding (Chapters 811), standards (Chapter 13), error control (Chapter 14) and video streaming systems (Chapter 15) On the other hand, for a course on general video processing, the rst nine chapters, including... (Chapter 1), frequency domain analysis (Chapter 2), sampling and sampling rate conversion (Chapters 3 and 4), video modeling (Chapter 5), motion estimation (Chapters 6 and 7), and basic video coding techniques (Chapters 8 and 9), plus selected topics from Chapters 1013 (content-dependent coding, scalable coding, stereo, and video coding standards) may be appropriate In either case, Chapter 8 may be... to video streaming over the Internet and wireless network Chapter 15 discusses the requirements and representative solutions for the major subcomponents of a streaming system SUGGESTED USE FOR INSTRUCTION AND SELF-STUDY As prerequisites, students are assumed to have nished undergraduate courses in signals and systems, communications, probability, and preferably a course in image processing For a one-semester... Function, 387 Block-Based Approach, 388 Two-Dimensional Mesh-Based Approach, 388 Intra-Line Edge Matching Using Dynamic Programming, 391 Joint Structure and Motion Estimation, 392 Intermediate View Synthesis 393 Stereo Sequence Coding 396 12.5.1 12.5.2 Block-Based Coding and MPEG-2 Multiview Prole, 396 Incomplete Three-Dimensional Representation of Multiview Sequences, 398 12.5.3 Mixed-Resolution Coding,... MPEG-4 13.6.1 13.6.2 13.6.3 13.6.4 13.6.5 13.6.6 13.6.7 13.6.8 13.6.9 437 Systems, 437 Audio, 441 Basic Video Coding, 442 Object-Based Video Coding, 445 Still Texture Coding, 447 Mesh Animation, 447 Face and Body Animation, 448 Proles, 451 Evaluation of Subjective Video Quality, 454 Video Bit Stream Syntax 454 Multimedia Content Description Using MPEG-7 13.8.1 13.8.2 13.8.3 423 Overview, 423 MPEG-1 Video, ... 811 are devoted to the subject of video coding Chapter 8 introduces the fundamental theory and techniques for source coding, including information theory bounds for both lossless and lossy coding, binary encoding methods, and scalar and vector quantization Chapter 9 focuses on waveform-based methods (including transform and predictive coding), and introduces the block-based hybrid coding framework, which... 472 Bibliography 513 STREAMING VIDEO OVER THE INTERNET AND WIRELESS IP NETWORKS 15.1 Architecture for Video Streaming Systems 15.2 Video Compression 522 520 519 wang-50214 wangfm August 23, 2001 14:22 Contents 15.3 xix Application-Layer QoS Control for Streaming Video 15.3.1 15.3.2 15.4 Continuous Media Distribution Services 15.4.1 15.4.2 15.4.3 15.5 15.6 15.7 533 Real-Time Operating System, 534 Storage . Errata for VIDEO PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATIONS Yao Wang, Joern Ostermann, and Ya-Qin Zhang (©2002 by Prentice- Hall, ISBN 0-1 3-0 1754 7-1 ) Updated 6/12/2002 Symbols Used Ti = i-th line from. defined” -& gt; “MPEG-2 defined” 443 T10 “I-VOP -& gt;”I-VOPs”, “B-VOP -& gt; “B-VOPs” 575 P1.3 “red+green=blue -& gt; “red+green=black” P1.4 “(1.4.4)” -& gt; “(1.4.3)”, “(1.4.2)” -& gt; “(1.4.1)”. system-level issues in video communications. Chapter 13 introduces the H.261, H.263, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 standards for video coding, comparing their intended applications and relative performance.