Advances in Multimedia Information Processing – PCM 2007: 8th Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia, Hong Kong, China, December 11-14, 2007. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
FADA: An Efficient Dimension Reduction Scheme for Image Classification....Pages 1-9
Using Camera Settings Templates (“Scene Modes”) for Image Scene Classification of Photographs Taken on Manual/Expert Settings....Pages 10-17
Modeling User Feedback Using a Hierarchical Graphical Model for Interactive Image Retrieval....Pages 18-29
Graph Cuts in Content-Based Image Classification and Retrieval with Relevance Feedback....Pages 30-39
A Novel Active Learning Approach for SVM Based Web Image Retrieval....Pages 40-49
An End-to-End Application System of AVS: AVS-IPTV in China....Pages 50-57
An AVS Based IPTV System Network Trial....Pages 58-64
Usage of MPEG-2 to AVS Transcoder in IPTV System....Pages 65-70
The Audio and Video Synchronization Method Used in AVS System....Pages 71-77
Expression-Invariant Face Recognition with Accurate Optical Flow....Pages 78-87
Real-Time Facial Feature Point Extraction....Pages 88-97
Local Dual Closed Loop Model Based Bayesian Face Tracking....Pages 98-107
View-Independent Human Action Recognition by Action Hypersphere in Nonlinear Subspace....Pages 108-117
Efficient Adaptive Background Subtraction Based on Multi-resolution Background Modelling and Updating....Pages 118-127
Towards a Stringent Bit-Rate Conformance for Frame-Layer Rate Control in H.264/AVC....Pages 128-137
A Quantized Transform-Domain Motion Estimation Technique for H.264 Secondary SP-Frames....Pages 138-147
Efficient Intra Mode Decision Via Statistical Learning....Pages 148-157
Fast Mode Decision Algorithms for Inter/Intra Prediction in H.264 Video Coding....Pages 158-167
A Novel Fast Motion Estimation Algorithm Based on SSIM for H.264 Video Coding....Pages 168-176
Shot Boundary Detection for H.264/AVC Bitstreams with Frames Containing Multiple Types of Slices....Pages 177-186
A Lexicon-Guided LSI Method for Semantic News Video Retrieval....Pages 187-195
3D Tracking of a Soccer Ball Using Two Synchronized Cameras....Pages 196-205
Object Tracking Based on Parzen Particle Filter Using Multiple Cues....Pages 206-215
Random Convolution Ensembles....Pages 216-225
A Hybrid Content-Based Image Authentication Scheme....Pages 226-235
Implementing DRM over Peer-to-Peer Networks with Broadcast Encryption....Pages 236-245
A New Video Encryption Scheme for H.264/AVC....Pages 246-255
Tattoo-ID: Automatic Tattoo Image Retrieval for Suspect and Victim Identification....Pages 256-265
Auto-Annotation of Paintings Using Social Annotations, Domain Ontology and Transductive Inference....Pages 266-275
Value Combination Technique for Image Authentication....Pages 276-285
A Novel Multiple Description Approach to Predictive Video Coding....Pages 286-295
Video Multicast over Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Using Distributed Optimization....Pages 296-305
Acoustic Features for Estimation of Perceptional Similarity....Pages 306-314
Modeling Uncertain Speech Sequences Using Type-2 Fuzzy Hidden Markov Models....Pages 315-324
A New Adaptation Method for Speaker-Model Creation in High-Level Speaker Verification....Pages 325-335
Dynamic Sound Rendering Based on Ray-Caching....Pages 336-346
Spread-Spectrum Watermark by Synthesizing Texture....Pages 347-356
Design of Secure Watermarking Scheme for Watermarking Protocol....Pages 357-366
Digital Watermarking Based on Stochastic Resonance Signal Processor....Pages 367-376
A DWT Blind Image Watermarking Strategy with Secret Sharing....Pages 377-384
Using Enhanced Shape Distributions to Compare CAD Models....Pages 385-388
Wavelet-Based Salient Region Extraction....Pages 389-392
Color-Based Text Extraction for the Image....Pages 393-396
Text Segmentation in Complex Background Based on Color and Scale Information of Character Strokes....Pages 397-400
Design of a Decentralized Video-on-Demand System with Cooperative Clients in Multicast Environment....Pages 401-404
Low Computing Loop Filter Using Coded Block Pattern and Quantization Index for H .264 Video Coding Standard....Pages 405-408
A Low Complexity Block-Based Video De-interlacing Algorithm for SIMD Processors....Pages 409-412
Fast Normalized Cross Correlation Based on Adaptive Multilevel Winner Update....Pages 413-416
Hierarchical Intra-mode Restriction Technique in H.264/MPEG4-AVC Video....Pages 417-420
A Fast Global Motion Estimation Method for Panoramic Video Coding....Pages 421-424
Bisynchronous Approach for Robust Audio Watermarking Technology....Pages 425-428
Design and Implementation of Steganographic Speech Telephone....Pages 429-432
A Low Complexity Recovery Temporal Synchronization Signals Based on Local Variance Statistics....Pages 433-436
An Efficient Video Watermarking Scheme with Luminance Differential DC Coefficient Modification....Pages 437-440
Real-Time Secure Multimedia Communication System Based on Chaos Theory....Pages 441-445
A Remediable Image Authentication Scheme Based on Feature Extraction and Clustered VQ....Pages 446-449
Segmentation of Human Body Parts in Video Frames Based on Intrinsic Distance....Pages 450-453
A Distributed Remote Rendering Method Based on Awareness Model....Pages 454-457
Signer Adaptation Based on Etyma for Large Vocabulary Chinese Sign Language Recognition....Pages 458-461
The Photo News Flusher: A Photo-News Clustering Browser....Pages 462-466
Multimedia-Learning in a Life Science Workflow Environment....Pages 467-474
Visualization of High-Dimensional Biomedical Image Data....Pages 475-482
Moving Object Segmentation Using the Flux Tensor for Biological Video Microscopy....Pages 483-493
Fusion of Multimedia Information in Biomedicine....Pages 494-500
Channel-Aware Adaptive Multi-RPS Scheme for Video Error Resilient Transmission over Wireless OFDM Channel....Pages 501-509
An Improved Marking Mechanism for Real-Time Video over DiffServ Networks....Pages 510-519
Priority Ordering and Packetization for Scalable Video Multicast with Network Coding....Pages 520-529
Error Concealment for INTRA-Frame Losses over Packet Loss Channels....Pages 530-538
Information Delivery Systems for Car Passengers Without Networking Capabilities....Pages 539-548
Predictable Processing of Multimedia Content, Using MPEG-21 Digital Item Processing....Pages 549-558
A Novel Pipeline Design for H.264 CABAC Decoding....Pages 559-568
Efficient Segment Based Streaming Media Transcoding Proxy for Various Types of Mobile Devices....Pages 569-578
Distributed Streaming for Video on Demand....Pages 579-589
Context Aware Body Area Networks for Telemedicine....Pages 590-599
M-LTW: A Fast and Efficient Non-embedded Intra Video Codec....Pages 600-608
Intra Frame Encoding Using Programmable Graphics Hardware....Pages 609-618
Error Concealment Techniques for Multi-view Video Sequences....Pages 619-627
Consistent-Quality Distributed Video Coding Framework....Pages 628-637
Laplacian Distortion Model (LDM) for Rate Control in Video Coding....Pages 638-646
Acquiring Critical Light Points for Illumination Subspaces of Face Images by Affinity Propagation Clustering....Pages 647-654
Random Subspace Two-Dimensional PCA for Face Recognition....Pages 655-664
Robust Speaking Face Identification for Video Analysis....Pages 665-674
Incremental AAM Using Synthesized Illumination Images....Pages 675-684
Content-Based 3D Model Retrieval Based on the Spatial Geometric Descriptor....Pages 685-694
A Practical Server-Side Transmission Control Method for Multi-channel DTV Streaming System....Pages 695-703
Using Irradiance Environment Map on GPU for Real-Time Composition....Pages 704-713
Ranking Using Multi-features in Blog Search....Pages 714-723
Design and Analysis of a Watermarking System for Care Labels....Pages 724-733
Stroke Correspondence Based on Graph Matching for Detecting Stroke Production Errors in Chinese Character Handwriting....Pages 734-743
Multi-modal Multi-label Semantic Indexing of Images Based on Hybrid Ensemble Learning....Pages 744-754
Content Based Image Hashing Via Wavelet and Radon Transform....Pages 755-764
Effective Corner Matching for Transformed Image Identification....Pages 765-774
Automatic Panel Extraction of Color Comic Images....Pages 775-784
Image Quality Assessment Based on Energy of Structural Distortion....Pages 785-793
SAR Speckle Mitigation by Fusing Statistical Information from Spatial and Wavelet Domains....Pages 794-803
Encoding Independent Sources in Spatially Squeezed Surround Audio Coding....Pages 804-813
Efficient Storage and Progressive Rendering of Multi-resolution Mesh....Pages 814-821
An Improved Three-Step Hierarchical Motion Estimation Algorithm and Its Cost-Effective VLSI Architecture....Pages 822-830
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