Advances in Multimedia Information Processing — PCM 2001: Second IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia Beijing, China, October 24–26, 2001 Proceedings

Linux Watch: Hardware Platform for Wearable Computing Research....Pages 1-7
Wearable Computer Application for Open Air Exhibition in EXPO 2005....Pages 8-15
Automatic Summarization of Wearable Video - Indexing Subjective Interest -....Pages 16-23
A Novel Video Retrieval Method to Support a User’s Recollection of Past Events Aiming for Wearable Information playing....Pages 24-31
Experience of Immersive Virtual World Using Cellular Phone Interface....Pages 32-39
VizWear: Toward Human-Centered Interaction through Wearable Vision and Visualization....Pages 40-47
Face Indexing and Retrieval in Personal Digital Album....Pages 48-54
An Image Retrieval System Based on Local and Global Color Descriptors....Pages 55-62
A New Shot Boundary Detection Algorithm....Pages 63-70
An Adaptive Index Structure for High-Dimensional Similarity Search....Pages 71-78
Combining Hierarchical Classifiers with Video Semantic Indexing Systems....Pages 78-85
Mismatch MB Retrieval for MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 Transcoding....Pages 86-93
On the Optimal Coding....Pages 94-101
Dynamic Multi-reference Prediction in Video Coding for Improved Error Resilience over Internet....Pages 102-109
Motion-Based Semantic Event Detection for Video Content Description in MPEG-7....Pages 110-117
Fast and Robust Sprite Generation for MPEG-4 Video Coding....Pages 118-125
Fast Motion Estimation Using N-Queen Pixel Decimation....Pages 126-133
Improved MPEG-4 Visual Texture Coding Using Perceptual Dithering for Transparent Image Coding....Pages 134-141
SPEM Rate Control....Pages 142-149
A Real-Time Large Vocabulary Continuous Recognition System for Chinese Sign Language....Pages 150-157
Object Modeling, Coding, and Transmission for Multimedia Communications....Pages 158-165
Live Events Accessing for Multi-Users with Free Viewpoints Using Stereo Omni-directional System....Pages 166-173
Unsupervised Analysis of Human Gestures....Pages 174-181
User Modeling for Efficient Use of Multimedia Files....Pages 182-189
A Feature-Based Vehicle Tracking System in Congested Traffic Video Sequences....Pages 190-197
Movie Event Detection by Using AudioVisual Information....Pages 198-205
Double Hierarchical Algorithm for Video Mosaics....Pages 206-213
Automatic Segmentation and Tracking of Moving Objects....Pages 214-221
Text Area Detection from Video Frames....Pages 222-228
Interacting with 3D Graphic Objects in an Image-Based Environment....Pages 229-236
Robust Face Recognition with Light Compensation....Pages 237-244
Robust Head Pose Estimation Using Textured Polygonal Model with Local Correlation Measure....Pages 245-252
A Face Verification Algorithm Integrating Geometrical and Template Features....Pages 253-260
E-Partner: A Photo-Realistic Conversation Agent....Pages 261-268
A Robust and Fast Face Modeling System....Pages 269-276
Automatic Human Face Recognition System Using Fractal Dimension and Modified Hausdorff Distance....Pages 277-284
Similarity Retrieval in Image Databases by Boosted Common Shape Features Among Query Images....Pages 285-292
Combining Configurational and Statistical Approaches in Image Retrieval....Pages 293-300
Digital Image Coding with Hybrid Wavelet Packet Transform....Pages 301-307
Texture Retrieval with Linguistic Descriptions....Pages 308-315
Implementation of the Virtual School: Best Cyber Academy....Pages 316-323
Applying Process Improvement Approach to the Design and Development of a Multimedia-Based Training Management System....Pages 324-334
IP Traffic Monitoring: An Overview and Future Considerations....Pages 335-342
Efficient Dynamic Image Retrieval Using the Á Trous Wavelet Transformation....Pages 343-350
Image Retrieval in Multimedia with Emergence Index....Pages 351-358
Efficient Multimedia Database Indexing Using Structural Join Index Hierarchy....Pages 359-366
Modeling of the HLA-Based Simulation System....Pages 367-374
An End-to-End Delivery Scheme for Robust Video Streaming....Pages 375-382
Customer Identification for MPEG Video Based on Digital Fingerprinting....Pages 383-390
Performance Analysis of Data Hiding....Pages 391-398
Data Encryption Using MRF with an RSA Key....Pages 399-402
Digital Watermarking for Forgery Detection in Printed Materials....Pages 403-410
Improvement and Comments on Image Watermarking Using Complementary Modulation....Pages 411-417
An Eye-Movement Controlled Wavelet Based Image Coder....Pages 418-425
Variable Frame-Rate Video Coding Bbased on Global Motion Analysis....Pages 426-433
Efficient Blind Image Restoration Based on 1-D Generalized Cross Validation....Pages 434-441
Block Reordering Wavelet Packet SPIHT Image Coding....Pages 442-449
A Motion Activity Descriptor and Its Extraction in Compressed Domain....Pages 450-457
A Fast and Effective Block-Matching Error Concealment Scheme....Pages 458-465
Bit Allocation for Video Coding with Temporal-Spatial Tradeoff....Pages 466-473
An Evaluation of the Robustness of Image Retrieval Based on Vector Quantization....Pages 474-481
Search for Multi-modality Data in Digital Libraries....Pages 482-489
Compressed Domain Summarization of Digital Video....Pages 490-497
Automatic Segmentation of News Items Based on Video and Audio Features....Pages 498-505
Association Feedback: A Novel Tool for Feature Elements Based Image Retrieval....Pages 506-513
Query by Visual Example: Assessing the Usability of Content-Based Image Retrieval System User Interfaces....Pages 514-521
Using Keyblock Statistics to Model Image Retrieval....Pages 522-529
Pitch Tracking and Melody Slope Matching for Song Retrieval....Pages 530-537
Analysis of Environmental Sounds as Indexical Signs in Film....Pages 538-545
A Low Missing Rate Audio Search Technique for Cantonese Radio Broadcast Recording....Pages 546-549
Emotion Detection from Speech to Enrich Multimedia Content....Pages 550-557
Proxy Caching Based on Patching Scheme and Prefetching....Pages 558-565
A Stateless Active Queue Management Scheme for Approximating Fair Bandwidth Allocation and Stabilized Buffer Occupation....Pages 566-573
QOS-based Checkpoint ProtOcOl for Multimedia Network Systems....Pages 574-581
An Interactive Audio and Video Station over Internet....Pages 582-589
Query by Tapping: A New Paradigm for Content-Based Music Retrieval from Acoustic Input....Pages 590-597
Multi-modal Sign Icon Retrieval for Augmentative Communication....Pages 598-605
Comparison of Word and Subword Indexing Techniques for Mandarin Chinese Spoken Document Retrieval....Pages 606-613
Interactive Web Multimedia Search Using Query-Session-Based Query Expansion....Pages 614-621
Codec Schemes Selection for Wireless Voice over IP (VoIP)....Pages 622-629
On the Use of Error Correction Codes in Spread Spectrum Based Image Watermarking....Pages 630-637
Correlation Detection of Asymmetric Watermark....Pages 638-645
Watermarking Music Sheets....Pages 646-653
BCH Coded Watermarks for Error-Prone Transmission of MPEG Video....Pages 654-661
Smart Classroom - an Intelligent Environment for Tele-education....Pages 662-668
Movie Video Hypermedia Authoring System....Pages 669-676
Design Considerations for the Video Analyzer SDK....Pages 677-684
Network-Adaptive Cache Management Schemes for Mixed Media....Pages 685-692
Robust Scalable Image Transmission over Wireless Fading Channel....Pages 693-699
A Dynamic Regulation with Scheduler Feedback Information for Multimedia Networks....Pages 700-707
A New Scheduling Scheme for Multicast True VoD Service....Pages 708-715
Itelligent Multi-hop Video Communications....Pages 716-723
Classification of Facial Images Using Gaussian Mixture Models....Pages 724-731
A Fast Descriptor Matching Algorithm for Exhaustive Search in Large Databases....Pages 732-739
FBCC: An Image Similarity Algorithm Based on Regions....Pages 740-747
A New Digital Watermarking for Text Document Images Using Diagonal Profile....Pages 748-755
Gesture Classification and Recognition Using Principal Component Analysis and HMM....Pages 756-763
A Robust Line-Feature-Based Hausdorff Distance for Shape Matching....Pages 764-771
Copyright Protection for WAV-Table Synthesis Audio Using Digital Watermarking....Pages 772-779
Sign Correlation Detector for Blind Image Watermarking in the DCT Domain....Pages 780-787
Wavelet-Domain Image Watermarking Based on Statistical Metrics....Pages 788-795
Semi Fragile Watermarking Based on Wavelet Transform....Pages 796-803
A Novel Scheme for Securing Image Steganography....Pages 804-811
A Synchronous Fragile Watermarking Scheme for Erroneous Q-DCT Coefficients Detection....Pages 812-818
Shot Change Detection Based on the Reynolds Transport Theorem....Pages 819-824
Automatic Subject Categorization of Query Terms for Filtering Sensitive Queries in Multimedia Search....Pages 825-830
A Color Image Retrieval Method Based on Local Histogram....Pages 831-836
Seeded Semantic Object Generation Toward Content-Based Video Indexing....Pages 837-842
Automatic Scene Detection in News Program by Integrating Visual Feature and Rules....Pages 843-848
Shape Retrieval by Hierarchical Evolution....Pages 849-854
A Comparison of Shape Retrieval Using Fourier Descriptors and Short-Time Fourier Descriptors....Pages 855-860
A SMIL Browser with an Enhanced Image, Audio and Video Effect Library for Multimedia Rich Presentations....Pages 861-866
A Method for Photograph Indexing Using Speech Annotation....Pages 867-872
A Fast Ancauhor Shot Detection Algorithm on Compressed Video....Pages 873-878
Content-Based News Video Retrieval with Closed Captions and Time Alignment....Pages 879-884
Query Similar Music by Correlation Degree....Pages 885-890
Color Content Matching of MPEG-4 Video Objects....Pages 891-896
Multiple-Person Tracking System for Content Analysis....Pages 897-902
Motion Segmentation with Census Transform....Pages 903-908
Efficient Algorithms for Motion Based Video Retrieval....Pages 909-914
Content-Based Retrieval on the Compressed Domain of 2 nd Generation Image Coding....Pages 915-920
Retrieving Landscape Images Using Scene Structural Matrix....Pages 921-926
Digital Watermarking: A Communications with Side Information Perspective....Pages 927-932
Adaptive Video Watermarking Scheme....Pages 933-938
An Error Resilience Algorithm for H.263++ Based Video Coding....Pages 939-944
A Predictive Connection Admission Control Scheme for QoS Improvement....Pages 945-950
A Multiresolutionnal Coding Method Based on SPIHT....Pages 951-956
LLEC: An Image Coder with Low-Complexity and Low-Memory Requirement....Pages 957-962
A Generalized Secret Image Sharing and Recovery Scheme....Pages 963-968
New Semi-fragile Authentication Watermarking....Pages 969-974
Performance Analysis of Video Storage Based on Clustered NAS Architecture....Pages 975-982
Modeling Video-on-Demand System in Temporal Logic....Pages 983-988
Adaptive Processing of Tree-Structure Image Representation....Pages 989-995
Blind Watermarking Algorithm Using Complex Block Selection Method....Pages 996-1001
MTEACH: A Language-Based Framework for Didactic Multimedia Production....Pages 1002-1009
Protocol and Buffer Design for Multimedia-on-Demand System....Pages 1010-1015
Quality Weighted Bit Allocation for Smoother Streaming of Stored FGS Video....Pages 1016-1023
A Content-Based Multimedia Database Engine: MIR....Pages 1024-1029
A Flexible Access Control Model for Multimedia Medical Image Security....Pages 1030-1036
Joint Source/Channel Coding Using Turbo Trellis Codes....Pages 1036-1041
An Adaptive Optimal Multimedia Network Transmission Control Scheme....Pages 1042-1047
Effects of Sampling Rate and Pose Error on Volume Reconstruction by Space Carving....Pages 1048-1053
A Tree-Based Model of Prosodic Phrasing for Chinese Text-to-Speech Systems....Pages 1054-1059
Detecting Facial Features on Image Sequences Using Cross-Verification Mechanism....Pages 1060-1065
Rapid Object Tracking on Compressed Video....Pages 1066-1071
Design and Implementation of the Multimedia Cluster System Based on VIA....Pages 1072-1077
A Fuzzy Inference System for Simplifying Surfaces with Color....Pages 1078-1083
Demosaic: Color Filter Array Interpolation for Digital Cameras....Pages 1084-1089
Object-Based Classification of Mixed-Mode Images....Pages 1090-1095
A face-Unlock screen saver by using face verification Based on identity-specific subspaces....Pages 1096-1101
Analysis of Camera Operations in MPEG Compressed Domain Based on Generalized Hough Transform....Pages 1102-1107
Speech Driven MPEG-4 Based Face Animation via Neural Network....Pages 1108-1113
Mesh Simplification by Vertex Cluster Contraction....Pages 1114-1119
Fusion of Biometrics Based on D-S Theory....Pages 1120-1125
Eyeglasses verification by support vector machine....Pages 1126-1131
A GMM-Based Handset Selector for Channel Mismatch Compensation with Aplications to Speaker Identification....Pages 1132-1137
Performance Evaluation of 2D Feature Tracking Based on Bayesian Estimation....Pages 1138-1143