Coding of details in very low bit-rate video systems

In this paper, the importance of including small image features at the initial levels of a progressive second generation video coding scheme is presented. It is shown that a number of meaningful small features called details should be coded, even at very low data bit-rates, in order to match their p...

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Autores: Casas Pla, Josep Ramon|||0000-0003-4639-6904, Torres Urgell, Lluís|||0000-0001-9141-9875
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1994
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/97643
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/97643
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/76.305876
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Telecommunication
Image segmentation
Video signals
Image coding
Image sequences
Mathematical morphology
Telecomunicació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació
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Sumario:In this paper, the importance of including small image features at the initial levels of a progressive second generation video coding scheme is presented. It is shown that a number of meaningful small features called details should be coded, even at very low data bit-rates, in order to match their perceptual significance to the human visual system. We propose a method for extracting, perceptually selecting and coding of visual details in a video sequence using morphological techniques. Its application in the framework of a multiresolution segmentation-based coding algorithm yields better results than pure segmentation techniques at higher compression ratios, if the selection step fits some main subjective requirements. Details are extracted and coded separately from the region structure and included in the reconstructed images in a later stage. The bet of considering the local background of a given detail for its perceptual selection breaks the concept of