In response to the boom in video processing, and multimedia systems and services, this book provides a comprehensive overview of video image processing. Covers the fundamentals of image and video compression and the emerging world standards for various video and image communication applications, including high-definition TV, multimedia workstations, videoconferencing, videophone, and mobile image communications. For electrical engineers, telecommunications managers, computer scientists, product planners, technical and market consultants, and all those interested in digital video image processing.

Product Description: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Workshop on Multimedia Content Representation, Classification and Security, MRCS 2006. The book presents 100 revised papers together with 4 invited lectures. Coverage includes biometric recognition, multimedia content security, steganography, watermarking, authentication, classification for biometric recognition, digital watermarking, content analysis and representation, 3D object retrieval and classification, representation, analysis and retrieval in cultural heritage, content representation, indexing and retrieval, and more...read more