Abstract:
A method, system and computer program product for matching an entry of a list to data. The method includes the steps of: generating source code which matches at least a part of said list with said data; compiling said source code into binary code; and determining a match between said list and said data using said compiled binary code wherein at least one of the steps is carried out using a computer device.
Abstract:
A method (and system) of transferring data of multimedia objects from servers to clients using memory in video-on-demand clusters, includes dividing multimedia objects into segments and independently serving and caching the segments on a plurality of servers, retrieving the segments from the servers, directing the client to the server that is responsible for serving the at least one of the segments using a redirection algorithm, and predicting a likely sequence of segments that will be requested by the client and prefetching data from a next segment in the likely sequence of segments and loading the next segment into memory within one of the plurality of servers.
Abstract:
Streaming environments typically dictate incomplete or approximate algorithm execution, in order to cope with sudden surges in the data rate. Such limitations are even more accentuated in mobile environments (such as sensor networks) where computational and memory resources are typically limited. Introduced herein is a novel “resource adaptive” algorithm for spectrum and periodicity estimation on a continuous stream of data. The formulation is based on the derivation of a closed-form incremental computation of the spectrum, augmented by an intelligent load-shedding scheme that can adapt to available CPU resources. Experimentation indicates that the proposed technique can be a viable and resource efficient solution for real-time spectrum estimation.
Abstract:
A system and method is provided for digitally encoding video signals within an overcomplete wavelet video coder. A video coding algorithm unit locates significant wavelet coefficients in a first video frame and temporally predicts location information for significant wavelet coefficients in a second video frame using motion information. The video coding algorithm unit is also capable of receiving and using spatial prediction information from spatial parents of the second video frame. The invention combines temporal prediction with spatial prediction to obtain a joint spatio-temporal prediction. The invention also establishes an order for encoding clusters of significant wavelet coefficients. The invention increases coding efficiency and provides an increased quality of decoded video.
Abstract:
A horizontal anomaly detection method includes receiving at plurality of objects described in a plurality of information sources, wherein each individual information source captures a plurality of similarity relationships between the objects, combining the information sources to determine a similarity matrix whose entries represent quantitative scores of similarity between pairs of the objects, and identifying at least one horizontal anomaly of the objects within the similarity matrix, wherein the horizontal anomalies are anomalous relationships across the plurality of information sources.
Abstract:
A system and method is provided for adaptively changing as error protection strategy for a digital video transmission depending upon the characteristics of a transmission channel (120). A video classification processor (210) located in a video encoder (114) analyzes a video sequence and (1) determines priority classes for video data packets based on objective criteria, and (2) determines sequence dependent features of the video sequence, and (3) classifies the video data packets in sub-priorities based on the sequence dependent features of the video sequence. The system can also re-classify video data packet priorities based on objective criteria using either the sequence dependent features of the video sequence or an error concealment algorithm.
Abstract:
A multiple description coding method is applied to video, and optimized to preclude transmission to the decoder of mismatch correction information that applies to portions of a frame outside a region of interest. Additional bit efficiency is realized by selectively updating, based on video content, the weighting of prediction frames motion compensated from corresponding frames used in estimating a current frame. Frequency of update is adaptively determined based on the realized increased accuracy of prediction and concomitant residual image bit savings as compared, in tradeoff, with the need to more frequently transmit the updated weights to the receiver.
Abstract:
An improved multiple description coding (MDC) method and apparatus is provided which extends multi-description motion compensation (MDMC) by allowing for multi-frame prediction and is not limited to only I and P frames. Further, the coding method of the invention extends MDMC for use with any conventional predictive codec, such as, for example, MPEG2/4 and H.26L. The improved MDC permits the use of any conventional predictive coder for use as a top and bottom predictive encoder. Further, the top and bottom predictive coders can advantageously include B-frames and multiple prediction motion compensation. Still further, any of the top, middle and bottom predictive encoders can be a scalable encoder (e.g., FGS-like or data-partitioning like where the motion vectors (MVs) are sent first, temporal scalability etc.).
Abstract:
A system, method and computer program product for classification of an analog electrical signal using statistical models of training data. A technique is described to quantize the analog electrical signal in a manner which maximizes the compression of the signal while simultaneously minimizing the diminution in the ability to classify the compressed signal. These goals are achieved by utilizing a quantizer designed to minimize the loss in a power of the log-likelihood ratio. A further technique is described to enhance the quantization process by optimally allocating a number of bits for each dimension of the quantized feature vector subject to a maximum number of bits available across all dimensions.
Abstract:
A system and method that selects among multiple encodings of the same content to adapt to available bandwidth and meet delay constraints by minimizing the switching lag is disclosed. The system and method include one buffer serving multiple data streams and a switching device. The switching device switches between the multiple data streams and discards data from the buffer that does not belong to a new stream to eliminate switching lag after a switching decision has been made.