1 Compression Fundamentals. - 1. 1 Introduction. - 1. 2 Background. - 1. 3 Compression Taxonomy. - 1. 4 Issues in Compression Method Selection. - 1. 5 To Probe Further. - 2 Methods and Standards for Lossless Compression. - 2. 1 Introduction. - 2. 2 Preliminaries. - 2. 3 Huffman Encoding. - 2. 4 Huffman Decoding. - 2. 5 Huffman Codes with Constrained Length. - 2. 6 Constrained-Length Huffman Codes: Ad Hoc Design. - 2. 7 Constrained-Length Huffman Codes: The Voorhis Method. - 2. 8 Golomb and Rice Coding. - 2. 9 Arithmetic Coding. - 2. 10 Implementation Issues. - 2. 11 Standards for Lossless Compression. - 2. 12 New Work in JPEG: JPEG-LS. - 2. 13 To Probe Further. - 3 Fundamentals of Lossy Image Compression. - 3. 1 Introduction. - 3. 2 Preliminaries. - 3. 3 Basic Coding Schemes for Lossy Compression. - 3. 4 DCT-based Coding. - 3. 5 Fast Algorithms for the DCT. - 3. 6 Rate-Distortion Performance of the DCT. - 3. 7 To Probe Further. - 4 Fundamentals of Lossy Video Compression. - 4. 1 Introduction. - 4. 2 Video Coding Basics. - 4. 3 Rate-Distortion Functions in Video Coding. - 4. 4 Motion-Compensated Prediction. - 4. 5 Algorithms for Motion Estimation. - 4. 6 Motion Estimation Using Low Complexity Matching Criteria. - 4. 7 Sub-pixel-Accurate Motion Estimation. - 4. 8 Multipicture Motion Estimation. - 4. 9 To Probe Further. - 5 The JPEG Standard. - 5. 1 Introduction. - 5. 2 DCT-based Coding. - 5. 3 Processing of Color Images. - 5. 4 Design of Quantization Tables. - 5. 5 Entropy Coding. - 5. 6 JPEG Modes of Operation. - 5. 7 Implementation Issues. - 5. 8 JPEG Extensions and Applications. - 5. 9 To Probe Further. - 6 The MPEG Video Standards. - 6. 1 Introduction. - 6. 2 The MPEG-1 Video Standard. - 6. 3 MPEG-1 Implementation Issues. - 6. 4 The MPEG-2 Video Standard. - 6. 5 The MPEG-4 Coding Standard. - 6. 6 Future Directions: MPEG-7. - 6. 7 To Probe Further. - 7 Video Teleconferencing Standards. - 7. 1 Introduction. - 7. 2 H. 320 Video Teleconferencing. - 7. 3 The H. 261 Video Coding Standard. - 7. 4 Implementation Issues. - 7. 5 H. 324 Video Teleconferencing. - 7. 6 The H. 263 Video Coding Standard. - 7. 7 Future Directions. - 7. 8 To Probe Further. - 8 Processing Requirements. - 8. 1 Introduction. - 8. 2 Measuring Complexity. - 8. 3 Distributing the Load. - 8. 4 To Probe Further. - 9 Risc and Dsp Cores. - 9. 1 Introduction. - 9. 2 The RISC Core. - 9. 3 The DSP Core. - 9. 4 RISC versus DSP. - 9. 5 To Probe Further. - 10 Architectures for the DCT. - 10. 1 Introduction. - 10. 2 Vector Processing. - 10. 3 Distributed Arithmetic for the DCT. - 10. 4 Commercially Available DCT Processors. - 10. 2 To Probe Further. - 11 Hardware for Motion Estimation. - 11. 1 Introduction. - 11. 2 Block Matching Using Linear Arrays. - 11. 3 Hardware for One-bit Motion Estimation. - 11. 4 Sub-pel Motion Estimation. - 11. 5 Implementation Examples. - 11. 6 To Probe Further. - 12 Hardware for Entropy Coding. - 12. 1 Introduction. - 12. 2 Encoder Implementation. - 12. 3 Decoder Implementation. - 12. 4 Variable-Length Coding in JPEG. - 12. 5 To Probe Further. - 13 Implementation of JPEG Processors. - 13. 1 Introduction. - 13. 2 Data I/O and Memory Interface. - 13. 3 Color Conversion. - 13. 4 Commercially Available JPEG Processors. - 13. 5 To Probe Further. - 14 Integrated Circuits for Video Codersc. - 14. 1 Introduction. - 14. 2 Video Signal Processors. - 14. 3 Multimedia Coprocessors. - 14. 4 Dedicated Coders. - 14. 5 To Probe Further. - 15 Multimedia Enhancements for General Purpose Processors. - 15. 1 Introduction. - 15. 2 Generic Operations in Video Processing. - 15. 3 Multimedia Enhancements in the HP-PA. - 15. 4 Multimedia Enhancements in the UltraSparc. - 15. 5 Multimedia Enhancements in the Intel Architecture. - 15. 6 To Probe Further. - 16 Standards for Audio Compression. -16. 1 Introduction. - 16. 2 The G. 72X Standards. - 16. 3 Fundamentals of Perceptual Coders. - 16. 4 MPEG Audio Encoding. - 16. 5 MPEG Audio Decoding. - 16. 6 The AC-3 Coding Standard. - 16. 7 Future Directions in MPEG. - 16. 8 Hardware Implementation of Audio Codecs. - 16. 9 To Probe Further. - 17 Nonstandard Compression Techniques. - 17. 1 Introduction. - 17. 2 Vector Quantization. - 17. 3 Subband Coding. - 17. 4 Video Coding Schemes for the Desktop. - 17. 5 To Probe Further. - A Color Transformations. - B Abbreviations and Symbols. - C Internet Directory. - References. Language: English