Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for encoding an image sequence and outputting a signal having a layered organization with at least a base layer and an enhancement layer. For at least one current image of the sequence, the method includes constructing a hierarchical epitome associated with the enhancement layer corresponding to a maximum resolution level of the current image, using: an epitome associated with the enhancement layer corresponding to the maximum resolution level of the current image; and at least one epitome associated with a preceding layer corresponding to a resolution level lower than the maximum resolution level of the current image.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of and a device for coding data in a scalable stream organized in units, characterized in that an indication is given in the header of an SVC NAL unit as to whether this NAL unit can be truncated or not in an adaptation operation for the scalable stream concerned
Abstract:
The invention proposes a method of inserting a message in a subset (VO) of digital data representing physical quantities, characterized in that it includes the steps of: estimating (E4) a capacity to receive a message for said subset, selecting (E5) a message with a size less than or equal to the estimated capacity, in a set of a messages, inserting (E6) the selected message in the said subset of digital data. The invention applies particularly to an object in a digital image.
Abstract:
A method of transmitting blocks of data, in which, for at least one of the blocks of data, at least one parameter associated with this block of data is transmitted, the parameter representing the relative importance of the block of data associated with this parameter within the message transmitted by all the blocks of data. The data is coded by a channel coding method which does not take into account the parameter. Correlatively, the invention also concerns a decoding method associated with this transmission method. This way, data judged to be more important than other data may benefit from a channel decoding of higher quality. The methods described herein have application to devices and appliances implementing these methods.
Abstract:
The method of recording audiovisual contents broadcast according to a schedule includes: a step of selecting from an access terminal an audiovisual content to be recorded, the content being associated with a broadcast date and time, and a step of the access terminal receiving a record file of the selected audiovisual content, said file containing information identifying the audiovisual content and the scheduled date and time for broadcasting it. The record file further includes the address of an update server for generating a request to update the record file sent by the terminal to the update server.
Abstract:
Data associated with transmitted information over a communication network are transmitted. The data are divided into data groups. An information item representative of the importance of the data of the data group is associated with each data group. A transmission cycle for the data groups is determined. Each data group is inserted into the determined transmission cycle a number of times depending on the importance of the data of the data group.
Abstract:
A digital signal coding method includes a step of analysing the digital signal into a plurality of frequency sub-bands distributed according to at least two different resolutions, at least one first sub-band having a lower resolution and at least one second sub-band having a higher resolution. The method includes, for each second sub-band, the steps of dividing the second sub-bands into target blocks, selecting, for each of the target blocks, a predetermined number of source blocks in the at least one first sub-band, and determining, for each of the target blocks, a multilinear approximation between the source blocks selected at the preceding step and the target block.
Abstract:
The method for primary processing according to the invention takes into account a minimum dimension and a partition of a set of data into so-called “initial elementary” subsets (Ki). It includes: a) for each elementary subset which size is larger than the minimum dimension, one iteration of: a division suitability estimation step, and when appropriate, a step of “supplementary partitioning” of the said subset, b) a “construction” step of a global multidimensional mapping and non-linear mapping, the restrictions of the global mapping to the elementary subsets (Ki) being composed of elementary mappings, the fixed point of the global mapping constituting an approximation of all or part of this set, the set of parameters (ai, b) determined by the restrictions constituting an approximation of the said set of data.
Abstract:
A digital communication converter includes: a connection unit with a communication unit from which it receives or to which it delivers data frames; and a unit for sending/receiving over a transmission medium in order to transmit, by means of the medium, data frames which are delivered to it and/or to deliver information frames which it receives by means of the medium. A transmission control unit delivers, respectively to the connection unit and the sending/receiving unit, frames which have been delivered to it respectively by the sending/receiving unit and by means of the connection unit. A memory stores an address relating to the communication unit, this address being used for operating a protocol for controlling access to the transmission medium.
Abstract:
A method is provided for encoding at least one image, divided into macroblocks, one macroblock including a set of blocks de pixels. The method includes, for at least one current macroblock of a current image, at least two iterations of the following steps: allocation of a priority level for encoding to at least one pixel of the current macroblock, selection of a pixel with the highest priority level called the priority pixel, prediction of a set of pixels including the priority pixel and a step of encoding a remainder from prediction for a region made up of predicted pixels of the macroblock, called the predicted region, the encoding step being used as and when the predicted region meets a predetermined encoding criterion.