Optimal buffered compression and coding mode selection for MPEG-4 shape coding

Optimal buffered compression and coding mode selection for MPEG-4 shape coding

We propose an optimal buffered compression algorithm for shape coding as defined in the forthcoming MPEG-4 international standard. The MPEG-4 shape coding scheme consists of two steps: first, distortion is introduced by down and up scaling; then, context-based arithmetic encoding is applied. Since arithmetic coding is "lossless," the down up scaling step is considered as a virtual quantizer. We...

Jointly Optimal Inter-Mode Shape Coding and VLC Selection

This paper investigates how the between frame correlation of shape information can be exploited within the framework of an operationally rate-distortion (ORD) optimized coder. Contours are approximated either by connected second-order spline segments, each defined by three consecutive control points, or by segments of the motioncompensated reference contours. Consecutive control points are then...

Optimal Coding Subgraph Selection under Survivability Constraint

Nowadays communication networks have become an essential and inevitable part of human life. Hence, there is an ever-increasing need for expanding bandwidth, decreasing delay and data transfer costs. These needs necessitate the efficient use of network facilities. Network coding is a new paradigm that allows the intermediate nodes in a network to create new packets by combining the packets recei...

Inter mode vertex-based optimal shape coding

This paper investigates the problem of optimal lossy encoding of object contours in the Inter mode. Contours are approximated by connected second-order spline segments, each defined by three consecutive control points. Taking into account correlations in the temporal direction, control points are chosen optimally in the rate-distortion (RD) sense. Applying motion to contours in the reference fr...

A Fast Motion Estimation Algorithm for MPEG-4 Shape Coding