摘要:
A system for monitoring a plurality of video signals in an internal video network, such as a broadcast recording environment, or security camera network, is described. The system comprises a picture monitor 2 having a screen 6 on which a mosaic video image containing the video signals from a plurality of cameras 28 or other video devices is displayed. Selection of a video signal from the mosaic image can be performed to display a full screen version of that signal. Preferably, at the transmission stage 20 of the network, only the mosaic video image is transmitted. By not transmitting the individual video signals separately, a large saving can be made on the band width required for the transmission as well as on the cost of the encoding components at the transmitter.
摘要:
A system and method of embedding a watermark in still or moving pictures without causing unacceptable visible picture degredation. The watermark is secure and can be readily detected, and the method can be used to convey additional data. Also disclosed is a method of watermarking a sequence of pictures in which the visibility of artifacts is reduced. The watermark may carry data and may be used to label a program.
摘要:
A method for generating a desired view of a real scene from a selected desired viewpoint by identifying objects in a real image, determining the positions of the identified objects, and rendering a view of the scene from a selected viewpoint using image data from the real image to render at least some of the identified objects. Other portions of the rendered view can be rendered using other source data which may be generic or historic. Identified objects may be tracked over a period of time to determine a trajectory or path: A user interface can be provided to assist in object tracking. A number of cameras can be used to provide a number of real images, and certain cameras may be controlled using the parameters of other cameras.
摘要:
After decoding of an MPEG bitstream to the form of a video signal, an information stream signal in the form of all or part of the MPEG bitstream, is transmitted alongside the video signal, embedded in the least significant bit. Recording may simply involve extraction of the embedded MPEG bitstream or, if only part of the bitstream has been embedded, an essentially 'dumb' coding operation guided by the information stream signal.
摘要:
An MPEG2 decoded video signal is accompanied by a representation of the coding decisions to aid downstream re-encoding. The representation is MPEG compliant bit modified to reduce the number of bits.
摘要:
In a system in which an auxiliary data signal is conveyed with a decoded audio signal to assist in re-encoding, signature information is provided to assist in detecting changes in the decoded audio signal which would render the auxiliary data signal of little or no use in re-encoding. The signature information is most preferably included in the auxiliary data signal.
摘要:
In an OFDM transmitter, the input signal is modified in several different ways by sign switches (22) operating on sub-bands generated by a splitter (20). An inverse fast Fourier transform circuit (14) generates an output for each of all the possible types of modification producing a plurality of candidate signals. The signal of best quality is selected by subjecting the candidate signals to processing in a model (54) representing the transmitter amplifier (16), and estimating the candidate signal of best quality determined by a clip energy estimator (58) and/or a low-level estimator (60). A control circuit (64) then causes the transmitter to transmit the candidate signal of best quality together with signalling information indicating the corresponding setting of the sign switches (22).
摘要:
An interlace-to-sequential video standards converter receives an interlaced raster-scanned input signal at an input standard. A deinterlacer (14) inserts zero values into the signal so as to increase the standard to a required output standard. The output standard signal is formed into data blocks which in turn are subjected to a Fourier transformation (22) to produce a transformed signal containing a plurality of components each having a value. The components of the transformed signal are assigned (30) as signal or alias components, the assignment being made in dependence upon the component values. The component values which are assigned as signal components are then subjected (38) to an inverse Fourier transformation to provide at least the additional signal values required to increase the input signal to the output standard. Other types of up-conversion are possible, such as increasing the line standard of an existing sequential signal. The assignment operation proceeds by a cyclic process of growing signal and alias regions. As the assigner (30) assigns a component as 'signal', it assigns that component's alias as 'alias'. Initially the assigner assigns the "zero frequency" component (or a region around it) to 'signal' and the alias of that component (or region) to 'alias'. The 'signal' region is grown by considering all unassigned neighbour components and adding the one with greater magnitude. Its alias is added to the 'alias' region. Any component which is its own alias is assigned to a special 'border' class. When all samples have been assigned, those in the 'alias' region are set to zero, those in the 'border' class are attenuated by a factor of two and those in the 'signal' region are not modified.