Non-expansive symmetrically extended wavelet transform for arbitrarily shaped video object plane.

by Lai Chun Kit.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-70).Abstract also in Chinese.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.IVABSTRACT --- p.vChapter Chapter 1 --- Traditional Image and Video Coding --- p.1Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.1Chapter 1.2 --- Fundamental Principle of Compression --- p.1Chapter 1.3 --- Entropy - Value of Information --- p.2Chapter 1.4 --- Performance Measure --- p.3Chapter 1.5 --- Image Coding Overview --- p.4Chapter 1.5.1 --- Digital Image Formation --- p.4Chapter 1.5.2 --- Needs of Image Compression --- p.4Chapter 1.5.3 --- Classification of Image Compression --- p.5Chapter 1.5.4 --- Transform Coding --- p.6Chapter 1.6 --- Video Coding Overview --- p.8Chapter Chapter 2 --- Discrete Wavelets Transform (DWT) and Subband Coding --- p.11Chapter 2.1 --- Subband Coding --- p.11Chapter 2.1.1 --- Introduction --- p.11Chapter 2.1.2 --- Quadrature Mirror Filters (QMFs) --- p.12Chapter 2.1.3 --- Subband Coding for Image --- p.13Chapter 2.2 --- Discrete Wavelets Transformation (DWT) --- p.15Chapter 2.2.1 --- Introduction --- p.15Chapter 2.2.2 --- Wavelet Theory --- p.15Chapter 2.2.3 --- Comparison Between Fourier Transform and Wavelet Transform --- p.16Chapter Chapter 3 --- Non-expansive Symmetric Extension --- p.19Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.19Chapter 3.2 --- Types of extension scheme --- p.19Chapter 3.3 --- Non-expansive Symmetric Extension and Symmetric Sub-sampling --- p.21Chapter Chapter 4 --- Content-based Video Coding in MPEG-4 Purposed Standard --- p.24Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.24Chapter 4.2 --- Motivation of the new MPEG-4 standard --- p.25Chapter 4.2.1 --- Changes in the production of audio-visual material --- p.25Chapter 4.2.2 --- Changes in the consumption of multimedia information --- p.25Chapter 4.2.3 --- Reuse of audio-visual material --- p.26Chapter 4.2.4 --- Changes in mode of implementation --- p.26Chapter 4.3 --- Objective of MPEG-4 standard --- p.27Chapter 4.4 --- Technical Description of MPEG-4 --- p.28Chapter 4.4.1 --- Overview of MPEG-4 coding system --- p.28Chapter 4.4.2 --- Shape Coding --- p.29Chapter 4.4.3 --- Shape Adaptive Texture Coding --- p.33Chapter 4.4.4 --- Motion Estimation and Compensation (ME/MC) --- p.35Chapter Chapter 5 --- Shape Adaptive Wavelet Transformation Coding Scheme (SA WT) --- p.36Chapter 5.1 --- Shape Adaptive Wavelet Transformation --- p.36Chapter 5.1.1 --- Introduction --- p.36Chapter 5.1.2 --- Description of Transformation Scheme --- p.37Chapter 5.2 --- Quantization --- p.40Chapter 5.3 --- Entropy Coding --- p.42Chapter 5.3.1 --- Introduction --- p.42Chapter 5.3.2 --- Stack Run Algorithm --- p.42Chapter 5.3.3 --- ZeroTree Entropy (ZTE) Coding Algorithm --- p.45Chapter 5.4 --- Binary Shape Coding --- p.49Chapter Chapter 6 --- Simulation --- p.51Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.51Chapter 6.2 --- SSAWT-Stack Run --- p.52Chapter 6.3 --- SSAWT-ZTR --- p.53Chapter 6.4 --- Simulation Results --- p.55Chapter 6.4.1 --- SSAWT - STACK --- p.55Chapter 6.4.2 --- SSAWT ´ؤ ZTE --- p.56Chapter 6.4.3 --- Comparison Result - Cjpeg and Wave03. --- p.57Chapter 6.5 --- Shape Coding Result --- p.61Chapter 6.6 --- Analysis --- p.63Chapter Chapter 7 --- Conclusion --- p.64Appendix A: Image Segmentation --- p.65Reference --- p.6