Download or read book The Essential Guide to Video Processing written by Alan C. Bovik and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and state-of-the art approach to video processing gives engineers and students a comprehensive introduction and includes full coverage of key applications: wireless video, video networks, video indexing and retrieval and use of video in speech processing. Containing all the essential methods in video processing alongside the latest standards, it is a complete resource for the professional engineer, researcher and graduate student. - Numerous conceptual and numerical examples - All the latest standards are thoroughly covered: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264 and AVC - Coverage of the latest techniques in video security "Like its sister volume "The Essential Guide to Image Processing," Professor Bovik's Essential Guide to Video Processing provides a timely and comprehensive survey, with contributions from leading researchers in the area. Highly recommended for everyone with an interest in this fascinating and fast-moving field." —Prof. Bernd Girod, Stanford University, USA - Edited by a leading person in the field who created the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, with contributions from experts in their fields - Numerous conceptual and numerical examples - All the latest standards are thoroughly covered: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264 and AVC - Coverage of the latest techniques in video security
Download or read book The Essential Guide to Image Processing written by Alan C. Bovik and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2009-07-08 with total page 877 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete introduction to the basic and intermediate concepts of image processing from the leading people in the field Up-to-date content, including statistical modeling of natural, anistropic diffusion, image quality and the latest developments in JPEG 2000 This comprehensive and state-of-the art approach to image processing gives engineers and students a thorough introduction, and includes full coverage of key applications: image watermarking, fingerprint recognition, face recognition and iris recognition and medical imaging. "This book combines basic image processing techniques with some of the most advanced procedures. Introductory chapters dedicated to general principles are presented alongside detailed application-orientated ones. As a result it is suitably adapted for different classes of readers, ranging from Master to PhD students and beyond." – Prof. Jean-Philippe Thiran, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland "Al Bovik’s compendium proceeds systematically from fundamentals to today’s research frontiers. Professor Bovik, himself a highly respected leader in the field, has invited an all-star team of contributors. Students, researchers, and practitioners of image processing alike should benefit from the Essential Guide." – Prof. Bernd Girod, Stanford University, USA "This book is informative, easy to read with plenty of examples, and allows great flexibility in tailoring a course on image processing or analysis." – Prof. Pamela Cosman, University of California, San Diego, USA A complete and modern introduction to the basic and intermediate concepts of image processing – edited and written by the leading people in the field An essential reference for all types of engineers working on image processing applications Up-to-date content, including statistical modelling of natural, anisotropic diffusion, image quality and the latest developments in JPEG 2000
Download or read book The Essential Guide to Video Processing written by Alan Conrad Bovik and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 755 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and state-of-the art approach to video processing gives engineers and students a comprehensive introduction and includes full coverage of key applications: wireless video, video networks, video indexing and retrieval and use of video in speech processing. Containing all the essential methods in video processing alongside the latest standards, it is a complete resource for the professional engineer, researcher and graduate student. * Edited by a leading person in the field who created the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, with contributions from experts in their fields. * Numerous conceptual and numerical examples *All the latest standards are thoroughly covered: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264 and AVC. * Coverage of the latest techniques in video security.
Download or read book The Essential Guide to Digital Signal Processing written by Richard G. Lyons and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2014 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using everyday examples and simple diagrams, two leading DSP consultants and instructors completely demystify signal processing with this text. Students will discover what digital signals are, how they're generated, and how they're changing life. Students will learn all they need to know about digital signal collection, filtering, analysis, and more, and how DSP works in today's most exciting devices and applications.
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Download or read book The Essential Guide to Intellectual Property written by Aram Sinnreich and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A broad introduction to the changing roles of intellectual property within society Intellectual property is one of the most confusing--and widely used--dimensions of the law. By granting exclusive rights to publish, manufacture, copy, or distribute information and technology, IP laws shape our cultures, our industries, and our politics in countless ways, with consequences for everyone, including artists, inventors, entrepreneurs, and citizens at large. In this engaging, accessible study, Aram Sinnreich uncovers what's behind current debates and what the future holds for copyrights, patents, and trademarks.
Download or read book Video Speech and Audio Signal Processing and Associated Standards written by Vijay Madisetti and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in a three-volume set, this updated and expanded edition of the bestselling The Digital Signal Processing Handbook continues to provide the engineering community with authoritative coverage of the fundamental and specialized aspects of information-bearing signals in digital form. Encompassing essential background material, technical details, standards, and software, the second edition reflects cutting-edge information on signal processing algorithms and protocols related to speech, audio, multimedia, and video processing technology associated with standards ranging from WiMax to MP3 audio, low-power/high-performance DSPs, color image processing, and chips on video. Drawing on the experience of leading engineers, researchers, and scholars, the three-volume set contains 29 new chapters that address multimedia and Internet technologies, tomography, radar systems, architecture, standards, and future applications in speech, acoustics, video, radar, and telecommunications. This volume, Video, Speech, and Audio Signal Processing and Associated Standards, provides thorough coverage of the basic foundations of speech, audio, image, and video processing and associated applications to broadcast, storage, search and retrieval, and communications.
Download or read book The Essential Guide to Mold Making Slip Casting written by Andrew Martin and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For potters, mold making is invaluable because it allows them to slip-cast identical multiples of their work-and this newly revised, now in color edition of Andrew Martin's classic is the definitive guide to the craft. No other volume has shown the processes in such how-to detail. It's overflowing with hundreds of photos, key techniques, projects, master artist profiles, and troubleshooting tips. A thorough introduction addresses materials and tools, and presents Martin's simple, unique template method for making clay prototypes. Create easy one-piece molds to make tiles, bowls, and platters, or multi-piece molds for more complex forms. An extensive overview covers slip formulation, while offering highly desired slip recipes for low-, mid-, and high-fire clay bodies. This will be the standard reference in every ceramist's library.
Download or read book The Essential Guide to Effect Sizes written by Paul D. Ellis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A jargon-free introduction for students and researchers looking to interpret the practical significance of their results.
Download or read book Uva s Basic Grip Book written by Michael Uva and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is aimed at the beginner handling grip equipment for the first time. It covers the equipment used daily in the making of films, TV shows and commercials, and explains why one piece of equipment may be chosen over another in a given situation.
Download or read book The Emergence of Video Processing Tools written by Kathryn High and published by Intellect (UK). This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Emergence of Video Processing Tools presents stories of the development of early video tools and systems designed and built by artists and technologists during the late 1960s and 1970s. Split over two volumes, the contributors examine the intersection of art and science and look at collaborations among inventors, designers, and artists trying to create new video tools to capture and manipulate images in fascinating and revolutionary ways. Volume Two includes the section 'Tools' that describes the particular collaborations and technologies that created these custom-made video instruments. The contributors include 'video pioneers' who have been active since the emergence of the aesthetic, and technologists who continue to design, build, and hack media tools."--Page 4 of cover.
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Download or read book The Essential Guide to Being Polish written by Anna Spysz and published by New Europe Books. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being Polish is no joke. For ten million people of Polish ancestry in the United States, as well as many who have settled in the UK since the fall of communism, it is a heartfelt matter -- and amid all the travel guides and guides to Polish language, folklore, and customs, there is no single, comprehensive, reader-friendly and yet ever-informative reference on what it means to be Polish. Enter The Essential Guide to Being Polish -- the go-to concise resource for anyone looking to reconnect with their culture or, indeed, hoping that their friends, children, or colleagues learn something about their heritage. Divided into three sections to make for an easy-to-follow format -- Poland in Context, Poles in Poland, and Poles Abroad -- this guide covers just about everything and does so in a style that is at once entertaining and informative: the country's history and geography, wars, Jews in Poland, the communist past, the post-communist past and present, language, kings and queens, religion/Catholicism (with special focus on Pope John Paul II), holidays, food, and drink. What is a real Polish wedding all about? That, too, is addressed succinctly and with flair in this guide. Other chapters cover literature, music, art, famous scientists, Polish men and Polish women, Poles in America, Poles in the UK, Poles and the EU, and last but not least, Polish pride. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Download or read book Tissue and Cell Clinical Use written by Ruth M. Warwick and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-07-18 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book explores clinical information in the tissue transplantation field and acts as a comprehensive learning tool to comply with regulatory requirements. Broad in scope, coverage includes all the traditionally transplanted tissues and moves into more complex areas of tissue grafting and the assisted reproduction fields. This useful text focuses on the potential for disease transmission, ways to improve safety, and the role of the clinician in these safety aspects. The book starts off by describing non-surgical risks of using allografts and moves onto chapters devoted completely to tissue- or cell-specific issues relating to transplantation of the individual types of tissues or cells. Tissue and Cell Clinical Use: An Essential Guide is the final book in a series which covers all aspects of tissue banking, donation, processing, and transplantation. Each book in the series includes lists of learning points and case studies which consist of sample processing protocols, descriptions of where processing went wrong, sample risk assessments, or validation studies. This three book series covers all you need to know about tissue banking.
Download or read book Essential Digital Video Handbook written by Pete May and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The digital video revolution has blurred the lines between professional and amateur equipment, with some Hollywood movies being shot and edited using the same technology that families use for their vacation footage. With sales of digital video cameras and computer-based editing systems skyrocketing, more and more people are seeing the potential and are anxious to advance their own personal video production skills to a higher level. The Essential Digital Video Handbook will help you, the beginner and budding professional become a better writer, producer, director, photographer, and editor. Author Pete May's sound advice and no-nonsense approach will help you achieve results that will wow audiences whether they're gathered in the family room or the corporate boardroom. The Essential Digital Video Handbook takes the you through every step of the process, from buying the right equipment to editing footage. This book shares tips on achieving professional quality results by understanding and exploiting visual language, both by initially following the rules and then by breaking them with style and confidence. Videographers will also learn to sound like professionals by understanding and speaking the language of the business. Instead of narrowly focusing on just the latest equipment and technology, May uses lessons he learned during twenty-five years in the television business to drill down to the most important stuff: the principles that don't change, and the tricks behind making videos that document, entertain, train, motivate, persuade, satisfy, and even have the ability to make money.
