Objective

This course is designed for students to gain an understanding of the advanced video technology deployed in today’s multimedia services. Through this course, students will learn the basic principles of video signal processing followed by the latest techniques and algorithms employed in the latest video coding standards. Recent advances in selected topics will also be discussed.

Syllabus

·         Video Formation, Perception and Representation

·         Video Characterization, Sampling and Modeling

·         Basic Principles of Video Coding

·         Video Coding Standards: MPEG-4, H.264 & AVS

Learning Outcome

By the end of the course, students should be able to

·      know how video images are formed, perceived by sensors and represented in various formats.

·      understand the characterization and sampling of video signal in space and time, and its modeling using different physical models.

·      analyze and design the various building blocks of a video codec (encoder/decoder).

·      apply the latest video coding standards, such as MPEG-4, H.264, and AVS, in multimedia services.

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