Advances in Multimedia Information Processing: Pcm 2007

by Ip, H. H. S.; Au, Oscar C; Leung, Howard; Sun, Ming-Ting; Ma, Wei-ying

• ISBN13: 9783540772545
• ISBN10: 3540772545
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-16
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia, PCM 2007, held in Hong Kong, China, in December 2007. The 73 revised full papers and 21 revised posters presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 247 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on image classification and retrieval, the AVS china national standard - technology, applications and products, human face and action recognition, and many more topics.

Table of Contents

Image Classification and Retrieval
FADA: An Efficient Dimension Reduction Scheme for Image Classification	p. 1
Using Camera Settings Templates ("Scene Modes") for Image Scene Classification of Photographs Taken on Manual/Expert Settings	p. 10
Modeling User Feedback Using a Hierarchical Graphical Model for Interactive Image Retrieval	p. 18
Graph Cuts in Content-Based Image Classification and Retrieval with Relevance Feedback	p. 30
A Novel Active Learning Approach for SVM Based Web Image Retrieval	p. 40
The AVS China National Standard - Technology, Applications and Products
An End-to-End Application System of AVS: AVS-IPTV in China	p. 50
An AVS Based IPTV System Network Trial	p. 58
Usage of MPEG-2 to AVS Transcoder in IPTV System	p. 65
The Audio and Video Synchronization Method Used in AVS System	p. 71
Human Face and Action Recognition
Expression-Invariant Face Recognition with Accurate Optical Flow	p. 78
Real-Time Facial Feature Point Extraction	p. 88
Local Dual Closed Loop Model Based Bayesian Face Tracking	p. 98
View-Independent Human Action Recognition by Action Hypersphere in Nonlinear Subspace	p. 108
Efficient Adaptive Background Subtraction Based on Multi-resolution Background Modelling and Updating	p. 118
H.264 Video Coding
Towards a Stringent Bit-Rate Conformance for Frame-Layer Rate Control in H.264/AVC	p. 128
A Quantized Transform-Domain Motion Estimation Technique for H.264 Secondary SP-Frames	p. 138
Efficient Intra Mode Decision Via Statistical Learning	p. 148
Fast Mode Decision Algorithms for Inter/Intra Prediction in H.264 Video Coding	p. 158
A Novel Fast Motion Estimation Algorithm Based on SSIM for H.264 Video Coding	p. 168
Video Analysis and Retrieval
Shot Boundary Detection for H.264/AVC Bitstreams with Frames Containing Multiple Types of Slices	p. 177
A Lexicon-Guided LSI Method for Semantic News Video Retrieval	p. 187
3D Tracking of a Soccer Ball Using Two Synchronized Cameras	p. 196
Object Tracking Based on Parzen Particle Filter Using Multiple Cues	p. 206
Random Convolution Ensembles	p. 216
Media Security and DRM
A Hybrid Content-Based Image Authentication Scheme	p. 226
Implementing DRM over Peer-to-Peer Networks with Broadcast Encryption	p. 236
A New Video Encryption Scheme for H.264/AVC	p. 246
Best Paper Session
Tattoo-ID: Automatic Tattoo Image Retrieval for Suspect and Victim Identification	p. 256
Auto-Annotation of Paintings Using Social Annotations, Domain Ontology and Transductive Inference	p. 266
Value Combination Technique for Image Authentication	p. 276
A Novel Multiple Description Approach to Predictive Video Coding	p. 286
Video Multicast over Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Using Distributed Optimization	p. 296
Audio, Speech and Sound Processing
Acoustic Features for Estimation of Perceptional Similarity	p. 306
Modeling Uncertain Speech Sequences Using Type-2 Fuzzy Hidden Markov Models	p. 315
A New Adaptation Method for Speaker-Model Creation in High-Level Speaker Verification	p. 325
Dynamic Sound Rendering Based on Ray-Caching	p. 336
Digital Watermarking
Spread-Spectrum Watermark by Synthesizing Texture	p. 347
Design of Secure Watermarking Scheme for Watermarking Protocol	p. 357
Digital Watermarking Based on Stochastic Resonance Signal Processor	p. 367
A DWT Blind Image Watermarking Strategy with Secret Sharing	p. 377
Poster Session
Using Enhanced Shape Distributions to Compare CAD Models	p. 385
Wavelet-Based Salient Region Extraction	p. 389
Color-Based Text Extraction for the Image	p. 393
Text Segmentation in Complex Background Based on Color and Scale Information of Character Strokes	p. 397
Design of a Decentralized Video-on-Demand System with Cooperative Clients in Multicast Environment	p. 401
Low Computing Loop Filter Using Coded Block Pattern and Quantization Index for H .264 Video Coding Standard	p. 405
A Low Complexity Block-Based Video De-interlacing Algorithm for SIMD Processors	p. 409
Fast Normalized Cross Correlation Based on Adaptive Multilevel Winner Update	p. 413
Hierarchical Intra-mode Restriction Technique in H.264/MPEG4-AVC Video	p. 417
A Fast Global Motion Estimation Method for Panoramic Video Coding	p. 421
Bisynchronous Approach for Robust Audio Watermarking Technology	p. 425
Design and Implementation of Steganographic Speech Telephone	p. 429
A Low Complexity Recovery Temporal Synchronization Signals Based on Local Variance Statistics	p. 433
An Efficient Video Watermarking Scheme with Luminance Differential DC Coefficient Modification	p. 437
Real-Time Secure Multimedia Communication System Based on Chaos Theory	p. 441
A Remediable Image Authentication Scheme Based on Feature Extraction and Clustered VQ	p. 446
Segmentation of Human Body Parts in Video Frames Based on Intrinsic Distance	p. 450
A Distributed Remote Rendering Method Based on Awareness Model	p. 454
Signer Adaptation Based on Etyma for Large Vocabulary Chinese Sign Language Recognition	p. 458
The Photo News Flusher: A Photo-News Clustering Browser	p. 462
Multimedia Information Systems for Biomedical Research
Multimedia-Learning in a Life Science Workflow Environment	p. 467
Visualization of High-Dimensional Biomedical Image Data	p. 475
Moving Object Segmentation Using the Flux Tensor for Biological Video Microscopy	p. 483
Fusion of Multimedia Information in Biomedicine	p. 494
Media Delivery
Channel-Aware Adaptive Multi-RPS Scheme for Video Error Resilient Transmission over Wireless OFDM Channel	p. 501
An Improved Marking Mechanism for Real-Time Video over DiffServ Networks	p. 510
Priority Ordering and Packetization for Scalable Video Multicast with Network Coding	p. 520
Error Concealment for INTRA-Frame Losses over Packet Loss Channels	p. 530
Information Delivery Systems for Car Passengers Without Networking Capabilities	p. 539
Video Communication and Systems
Predictable Processing of Multimedia Content, Using MPEG-21 Digital Item Processing	p. 549
A Novel Pipeline Design for H.264 CABAC Decoding	p. 559
Efficient Segment Based Streaming Media Transcoding Proxy for Various Types of Mobile Devices	p. 569
Distributed Streaming for Video on Demand	p. 579
Context Aware Body Area Networks for Telemedicine	p. 590
Video Compression and Processing
M-LTW: A Fast and Efficient Non-embedded Intra Video Codec	p. 600
Intra Frame Encoding Using Programmable Graphics Hardware	p. 609
Error Concealment Techniques for Multi-view Video Sequences	p. 619
Consistent-Quality Distributed Video Coding Framework	p. 628
Laplacian Distortion Model (LDM) for Rate Control in Video Coding	p. 638
Face and 3D Model Analysis
Acquiring Critical Light Points for Illumination Subspaces of Face Images by Affinity Propagation Clustering	p. 647
Random Subspace Two-Dimensional PCA for Face Recognition	p. 655
Robust Speaking Face Identification for Video Analysis	p. 665
Incremental AAM Using Synthesized Illumination Images	p. 675
Content-Based 3D Model Retrieval Based on the Spatial Geometric Descriptor	p. 685
Multimedia Applications
A Practical Server-Side Transmission Control Method for Multi-channel DTV Streaming System	p. 695
Using Irradiance Environment Map on GPU for Real-Time Composition	p. 704
Ranking Using Multi-features in Blog Search	p. 714
Design and Analysis of a Watermarking System for Care Labels	p. 724
Stroke Correspondence Based on Graph Matching for Detecting Stroke Production Errors in Chinese Character Handwriting	p. 734
Image Indexing, Identification and Processing
Multi-modal Multi-label Semantic Indexing of Images Based on Hybrid Ensemble Learning	p. 744
Content Based Image Hashing Via Wavelet and Radon Transform	p. 755
Effective Corner Matching for Transformed Image Identification	p. 765
Automatic Panel Extraction of Color Comic Images	p. 775
Image Quality Assessment Based on Energy of Structural Distortion	p. 785
Multimedia Processing
SAR Speckle Mitigation by Fusing Statistical Information from Spatial and Wavelet Domains	p. 794
Encoding Independent Sources in Spatially Squeezed Surround Audio Coding	p. 804
Efficient Storage and Progressive Rendering of Multi-resolution Mesh	p. 814
An Improved Three-Step Hierarchical Motion Estimation Algorithm and Its Cost-Effective VLSI Architecture	p. 822
Author Index	p. 831
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