Eigenfeatures coding of videoconferencing sequences

Marcia G. Ramos; Sheila S. Hemami

doi:10.1117/12.233178

27 February 1996 Eigenfeatures coding of videoconferencing sequences

Marcia G. Ramos, Sheila S. Hemami

Proceedings Volume 2727, Visual Communications and Image Processing '96; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.233178
Event: Visual Communications and Image Processing '96, 1996, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

This paper presents a video coding technique that achieves high visual quality at very low bit rates. Each video frame is divided into two regions, consisting of a background area and a visually important feature to be coded at higher bit rates. The feature is tracked from frame to frame and it is coded using a set of features that are extracted from a training set. The set of features, which will be referred to as eigenfeatures, is stored both at the encoder and decoder sites. The technique is based on the eigenfaces method, and achieves high visual quality at high feature compression ratios (around 200 for the salesman sequence and 1000 for the Miss America sequence) with considerably less computational complexity than the eigenfaces method. Using this technique for the feature together with H.261 for the background allows a reduction of up to 70% in the bit rate compared to using H.261 alone.

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Marcia G. Ramos and Sheila S. Hemami "Eigenfeatures coding of videoconferencing sequences", Proc. SPIE 2727, Visual Communications and Image Processing '96, (27 February 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.233178

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