Object assisted video coding for video conferencing system

K. C. Lai, Siu Chung Wong, Pak Kong Lun

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Abstract

An object-based video coding for video conferencing system is proposed. There are two main processes: segmentation process and face detection process. The segmentation process is used to segment each frame of a video sequence into two non-overlapping regions, namely foreground and background. A novel face detection technique based on chrominance and the contour of the segmented region is applied to the foreground region. Smaller quantization step is used for the facial region to improve viewer’s perception while a larger quantization step is used for the background to compensate the coding efficiency. The remaining regions are kept in normal coding quality to prevent degradation of important information other than the facial regio.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Multimedia Information Processing - PCM 2002 - 3rd IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages510-517
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)3540002626, 9783540002628
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2002
Event3rd IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia, PCM 2002 - Hsinchu, Taiwan
Duration: 16 Dec 200218 Dec 2002

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume2532
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference3rd IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia, PCM 2002
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityHsinchu
Period16/12/0218/12/02

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science
  • Theoretical Computer Science

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