Signal and Image Processing Seminar

It is well-known that the human retina possesses a nonuniform spatial distribution (resolution) of photoreceptors. The photoreceptors are densest on that part of the retina aligned with the visual axis, the fovea. Recently, foveated video has been introduced as an important emerging method for very low bit rate multimedia applications. Low bit rate video is a major core potential technology application of foveated multimedia systems. In this proposal, we present frameworks for foveated image/video quality assessment, very low bit foveated video coding and real-time traffic smoothing which can be used to implement foveated multimedia communications over wireless channels.