Multimedia and Information Engineering: Preliminary Version : The Infinity Project

by Orsak, Geoffrey C.; Athale, Ravindra; Douglas, Scott C.

• ISBN13: 9780130354839
• ISBN10: 013035483X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

This book focuses on the math and science fundamentals of the information revolution and shows readers how engineers create and design the technology around them. Applications are drawn from a wide array of modern devices and systems seen today. Chapter topics include the world of modern engineering, creating digital music, designing digital instruments, making digital images, math you can see, digitizing the world, networks and the Internet, compressing information, correcting digital errors, keeping data private, digital processing of signals, communication channels, the wireless world, bandwidth, designing networks, and hardware for digital storage and imaging. For individuals trying to realize the relevance of technology in the 21st century and related career opportunities.

Table of Contents

1. The World of Modern Engineering.

Who Created All This Great Stuff? Scientists and Engineers. Birth of the Digital Age. Moore's Law. Engineering Design and the Infinity Technology Kit.

2. Creating Digital Music.

Sound Synthesis. Waveform Synthesis. Additive Synthesis. Midi and Spectrograms.

3. Designing Digital Instruments.

Physical Modeling. Sound Effects. Speakers and Microphones.

4. Making Digital Images.

Problem: How to Convince Your Skeptical Friends that You Really Were There? Digitizing Images. Putting it Together.

5. Math You Can See.

Do I Have To Do That? Matrix Formulation of Digital Image Processing. Preprocessing of Digital Images. Putting the Pieces Together.

6. Digitizing the World.

Digital Yearbook. Representation of Information as Numbers. Sampling Rate for Waveforms, Images & Video. Storage Devices and Bits. Binary Number Representation. The ASCII Code. Quantization of Signal Samples. Quantization Noise. Design of the Digital Yearbook.

7. Communicating with Ones and Zeros.

A Simple Communications System. Sources of Error in a Communications System. The Craft of Engineering—Improving the Design. Extending Our Reach. Other Transmission Channels.

8. Networks and the Internet.

Combining Communications Links to Build a Network. The Relay and its Basic Operation. The Internet. Issues in the Design of a New Network.

9. Compressing Information.

Introduction to Codes and Coding. Introduction to Compression. Lossless Compression. Lossy Compression. Additional Topics.

10. Correcting Digital Errors.

Introduction to Coding for Error Correction. Error Detection and Correction.

11. Keeping Data Private.

Introduction to Coding for Secrecy. Simple Encryption Methods. Public Key Cryptography.

12. Digital Processing of Signals.

Frequency Response of a Filter. Digital Filtering. Simple Digital Filters. Better Filters—The Complexity/Quality Tradeoff. Echo Cancellation.

13. Communication Channels.

The Transmission Channel. How is Digital Data Conveyed. The Art of Signal Detection. Multiplexing—Sharing the Transmission Medium to Increase Data Rates.

14. The Wireless World.

The Structure of a Radio Communications System. The Wavelength of an Electromagnetic Wave. The Design of Antennas. Considerations in the Design of Radio Systems.

15. Bandwidth.

Making Efficient Use of Bandwidth. Maximizing the Data Rate. Maximizing the Transmission Rate.

16. Designing Networks.

Performance Issues. Improving the Probability of Accurate Delivery. Issues in the Design of a New Network.

17. Hardware for Digital Storage.

A Brief history of Physical Storage. Optical Discs. Magnetic Storage. Memory Chips.

18. Hardware for Digital Imaging.

Image Sensors. Displaying Digitized Images.