301 research outputs found
Rate-distortion optimization for stereoscopic video streaming with unequal error protection
We consider an error-resilient stereoscopic streaming system that uses an H.264-based multiview video codec and a rateless Raptor code for recovery from packet losses. One aim of the present work is to suggest a heuristic methodology for modeling the end-to-end rate-distortion (RD) characteristic of such a system. Another aim is to show how to make use of such a model to optimally select the parameters of the video codec and the Raptor code to minimize the overall distortion. Specifically, the proposed system models the RD curve of video encoder and performance of channel codec to jointly derive the optimal encoder bit rates and unequal error protection (UEP) rates specific to the layered stereoscopic video streaming. We define analytical RD curve modeling for each layer that includes the interdependency of these layers. A heuristic analytical model of the performance of Raptor codes is also defined. Furthermore, the distortion on the stereoscopic video quality caused by packet losses is estimated. Finally, analytical models and estimated single-packet loss distortions are used to minimize the end-to-end distortion and to obtain optimal encoder bit rates and UEP rates. The simulation results clearly demonstrate the significant quality gain against the nonoptimized schemes
Moving Object Detection in Wavelet Compressed Video
Cataloged from PDF version of article.In many surveillance systems the video is stored in wavelet compressed form.In this paper, an algorithm for moving
object and region detection in video which is compressed using a wavelet transform (WT) is developed.The algorithm
estimates the WT of the background scene from the WTs of the past image frames of the video.The WT of the current
image is compared with the WT of the background and the moving objects are determined from the difference.The
algorithm does not perform inverse WT to obtain the actual pixels of the current image nor the estimated background.
This leads to a computationally efficient method and a system compared to the existing motion estimation methods.
(C) 2005 Published by Elsevier B.V
Error resilient layered stereoscopic video streaming
In this paper, error resilient stereoscopic video streaming problem is addressed. Two different Forward Error Correction (FEC) codes namely Systematic LT and RS codes are utilized to protect the stereoscopic video data against transmission errors. Initially, the stereoscopic video is categorized in 3 layers with different priorities. Then, a packetization scheme is used to increase the efficiency of error protection. A comparative analysis of RS and LT codes are provided via simulations to observe the optimum packetization and UEP strategies
Rate-distortion optimized layered stereoscopic video streaming with raptor codes
A near optimal streaming system for stereoscopic video is proposed. Initially, the stereoscopic video is separated into three layers and the approximate analytical model of the Rate-Distortion (RD) curve of each layer is calculated from sufficient number of rate and distortion samples. The analytical modeling includes the interdependency of the defined layers. Then, the analytical models are used to derive the optimal source encoding rates for a given channel bandwidth. The distortion in the quality of the stereoscopic video that is caused by losing a NAL unit from the defined layers is estimated to minimize the average distortion of a single NAL unit loss. The minimization is performed over protection rates allocated to each layer. Raptor codes are utilized as the error protection scheme due to their novelty and suitability in video transmission. The layers are protected unequally using Raptor codes according to the parity ratios allocated to the layers. Comparison of the defined scheme with two other protection allocation schemes is provided via simulations to observe the quality of stereoscopic video. ©2007 IEEE
Superconductivity-Induced Anomalies in the Spin Excitation Spectra of Underdoped YBa_2 Cu_3 O_{6+x}
Polarized and unpolarized neutron scattering has been used to determine the
effect of superconductivity on the magnetic excitation spectra of YBa_2 Cu_3
O_{6.5} (T_c = 52K) and YBa_2 Cu_3 O_{6.7} (T_c = 67K). Pronounced enhancements
of the spectral weight centered around 25 meV and 33 meV, respectively, are
observed below T_c in both crystals, compensated predominantly by a loss of
spectral weight at higher energies. The data provide important clues to the
origin of the 40 meV magnetic resonance peak in YBa_2 Cu_3 O_7.Comment: LaTex, 4 pages, 4 ps figures. to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
Evaluation of YBa₂Cu₃O₇₋ₓ Bulk Superconductors for High Field Magnet Applications
Processing of YBCO single crystals was carried out by solidification of semi-liquid YBCO composition using a seeding technique. Microstructural characterization of the pinning centers was investigated by transmission electron microscopy. Characterization of single crystals was carried out, relating grain size and shape to the corresponding flux profiles. Current densities were calculated based on measured trapped fields. Once circulating currents were established, flux pumping and quenching experiments were conducted. These large single crystals will be incorporated into electromagnetic forming devices for use in the military and commercial aircraft manufacturing and service industries
Fe-substituted mullite powders for the in situ synthesis of carbon nanotubes by catalytic chemical vapor deposition
Powders of iron-substituted mullite were prepared by combustion and further calcination in air at different temperatures. A detailed study involving notably Mo¨ssbauer spectroscopy showed that the Fe3+ ions are distributed between the mullite phase and a corundum phase that progressively dissolves into mullite upon the increase in calcination temperature. Carbon nanotube-Fe-mullite nanocomposites were prepared for the first time by a direct method involving a reduction of these powders in H2-CH4 and without any mechanical mixing step. The carbon nanotubes formed by the catalytic decomposition of CH4 on the smallest metal particles are mostly double-walled and multiwalled, although some carbon nanofibers are also observed
Quantum Impurities and the Neutron Resonance Peak in : Ni versus Zn
The influence of magnetic (S=1) and nonmagnetic (S=0) impurities on the spin
dynamics of an optimally doped high temperature superconductor is compared in
two samples with almost identical superconducting transition temperatures:
YBa(CuNi)O (T=80 K) and
YBa(CuZn)O (T=78 K). In the Ni-substituted
system, the magnetic resonance peak (which is observed at E40 meV in
the pure system) shifts to lower energy with a preserved E/T ratio
while the shift is much smaller upon Zn substitution. By contrast Zn, but not
Ni, restores significant spin fluctuations around 40 meV in the normal state.
These observations are discussed in the light of models proposed for the
magnetic resonance peak.Comment: 3 figures, submitted to PR
Spin Susceptibility in Underdoped
We report a comprehensive polarized and unpolarized neutron scattering study
of the evolution of the dynamical spin susceptibility with temperature and
doping in three underdoped single crystals of the \YBCO{6+x} high temperature
superconductor: \YBCO{6.5} (Tc = 52 K), \YBCO{6.7} (Tc = 67 K), and \YBCO{6.85}
(T_c = 87 K). Theoretical implications of these data are discussed, and a
critique of recent attempts to relate the spin excitations to the
thermodynamics of high temperature superconductors is given.Comment: minor revisions, to appear in PR
Effect of Nonmagnetic Impurities on the Magnetic Resonance Peak in YBa2Cu3O7
The magnetic excitation spectrum of a YBa_2 Cu_3 O_7 crystal containing 0.5%
of nonmagnetic (Zn) impurities has been determined by inelastic neutron
scattering. Whereas in the pure system a sharp resonance peak at E ~ 40 meV is
observed exclusively below the superconducting transition temperature T_c, the
magnetic response in the Zn-substituted system is broadened significantly and
vanishes at a temperature much higher than T_c. The energy-integrated spectral
weight observed near q = (pi,pi) increases with Zn substitution, and only about
half of the spectral weight is removed at T_c
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