Basic Prediction Techniques in Modern Video Coding Standards [Paperback]

This book discusses in detail the basic algorithms of video compression that are widely used in modern video codec. The authors dissect complicated specifications and present material in a way that gets readers quickly up to speed by describing video compression algorithms succinctly, without going to the mathematical details and technical specifications. For accelerated learning, hybrid codec structure, inter- and intra- prediction techniques in MPEG-4, H.264/AVC, and HEVC are discussed together. In addition, the latest research in the fast encoder design for the HEVC and H.264/AVC is also included.

Introduction.- Hybrid video codec structure.- Intra Prediction.- Inter Prediction.- Rate distortion cost optimization.- Fast Prediction Techniques.- Conclusion.

Professor Byung-Gyu Kim received his BS degree from Pusan National University, Korea, in 1996 and an MS degree from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST) in 1998. In 2004, he received a Ph.D. degree in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). In March 2004, he joined in the real-time multimedia research team at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Korea where he was a senior researcher. In February 2009, he joined the Department of Computer Engineering at SunMoon University, Korea where he is currently a professor. He is also serving as Associate Editor of Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing Journal, Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, Journal of Supercomputing, and other international journals. He has published over 115 international journal and conference papers, patents in his field. His research interests include image and video object segmentation for the content-based image coding, video coding techniques, wireless multimedia sensor network, embedded multimedia communicl³«