Standard Codecs: Image Compression to Advanced Video Coding 3rd Edition (IET Telecommunications Series) - Hardcover

M. Ghanbari

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 086341964X ISBN 13: 9780863419645

Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2011

Synopsis

A fully revised and substantially updated 3rd edition of the best-selling Video Coding: An Introduction to Standard Codecs (IEE 1999, Winner of IEE Rayleigh Award as the best book of 2000), this book discusses the growth of digital television technology from image compression to advanced video coding. This third edition also introduces the latest developments on H.264/MPEG-4 video coding and the scalability defined for this codec, which were not available at the time of the previous edition (IEE 2003). The book highlights the need for standardisation in processing static and moving images and extensively exploits the ITU and ISO/IEC standards defined in this field. The book gives an authoritative explanation of pictures and video coding algorithms, working from basic principles through to the advanced compression systems now being developed. It discusses the reasons behind the introduction of a standard video codec and chosen parameters. Each chapter is devoted to a standard video codec and chapters are introduced in evolutionary manner complementing the earlier chapters.
This book will enable readers to appreciate the fundamentals needed to design a video codec for any given application and should prove a valuable resource for managers, engineers and researchers working in this field.

About this title

From the Publisher

Professor Mohammed Ghanbari,
is Professor of video networking at the
University of Essex, UK. He is best
known for pioneering work on twolayered
video coding for ATM networks
(SNR scalability in the standard
codecs). Prior to his academic career,
Professor Ghanbari worked for ten
years in broadcasting. He has
published more than 270 papers,
registered for nine international
patents on video networking and is a
former co-recipient of the A. H. Reeves
Prize for the best paper on digital
coding. The first edition of this book,
Video Coding: An Introduction to
Standard Codecs (IEE, 1999) was
awarded the Rayleigh Prize for the
best book of the year 2000 by IEE.
Professor Ghanbari was also a coauthor
of Principles of Performance
Engineering (IEE, 1997). He has also
been associate editor to IEEE
Transactions on Multimedia and the
guest editor for IEEE Transactions on
Circuits and Systems for Video
Technology. Professor Ghanbari is a
Fellow of both the IEE and IEEE, as
well as a Chartered Engineer.

Synopsis

A fully revised and substantially updated 2nd edition of the best-selling title: "An Introduction to Standard Codecs", (IEE 1999, best book of the year 2000 by IEE) this book discusses the growth of digital television technology and the revolution in image and video compression (such as JPEG2000, broadcast TV, video phone), highlighting the need for standardisation in processing static and moving images and their exchange between computer systems.ITU and ISO/IEC standards are now widely accepted in the picture/video coding field.This book gives an authoritative explanation of picture and video coding algorithms, working from basic principles through to the advanced video-compression systems now being developed. One of its main objectives is to describe the reasons behind the introduction of a standard codec for a specific application and its chosen parameter. This book will enable readers to appreciate the fundamentals needed to design a video codec for any given application and should prove to be a valuable resource for engineers working in this field.

Edition details

• Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 086341964X
• ISBN 13: 9780863419645
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 504