Multiple-Description Coding by Dithered Delta–Sigma Quantization

Multiple description coding by successive quantization Codage à description multiple par quantification successive

Two structured multiple description (MD) vector quantization schemes with an iterative technique for designing the codebooks and partitions are proposed. The schemes are derived from the recent theoretical work by Chen et al. In the first scheme, the central decoder is formed by the weighted sum of the side codebooks, whereas the second scheme employs the optimum central decoder. The objective ...

Network Source Coding Using Entropy Constrained Dithered Quantization

Dithered Color Quantization

Image quantization and digital halftoning are fundamental problems in computer graphics, which arise when displaying high-color images on non-truecolor devices. Both steps are generally performed sequentially and, in most cases, independent of each other. Color quantization with a pixel-wise defined distortion measure and the dithering process with its local neighborhood optimize different qual...

Multiple Description Lattice Vector Quantization Multiple Description Lattice Vector Quantization

This thesis studies the multiple description vector quantization with lattice codebooks (MDLVQ). The design of index assignment is crucial to the performance of MDLVQ. However, to our best knowledge, none of previous index assignment algorithms for MDLVQ is optimal. In this thesis, we propose a simple linear-time index assignment algorithm for MDLVQ with any K ≥ 2 balanced descriptions. We prov...

Scalable Multiple-Description Image Coding Based on Embedded Quantization

Scalable multiple-description (MD) coding allows for fine-grain rate adaptation as well as robust coding of the input source. In this paper, we present a new approach for scalable MD coding of images, which couples the multiresolution nature of the wavelet transform with the robustness and scalability features provided by embedded multiple-description scalar quantization (EMDSQ). Two coding sys...