Efficient video coding in H.264/AVC by using audio-visual information

Jong Seok Lee, Touradj Ebrahimi

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Abstract

This paper proposes an efficient video coding method which utilizes audio-visual information, based on the observation that sound-emitting regions in a video sequence attract observer's attention. The regions responsible for the sound are identified by an audio-visual source localization algorithm. Then, the result is used for encoding different regions in the scene with different quality in such a way that a region far from the sound source is coded with a lesser quality than the sound-emitting regions. This is implemented by assigning different quantization parameter values for different regions in H.264/AVC. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, MMSP '09
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event2009 IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, MMSP '09 - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Duration: 2009 Oct 52009 Oct 7

Publication series

Name2009 IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, MMSP '09

Other

Other2009 IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, MMSP '09
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CityRio De Janeiro
Period09/10/509/10/7

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Signal Processing

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