A software image coding system

Author

Cozens, S. ; Ivey, P A ; Myers, D.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Sheffield Univ., UK

fYear

1995

fDate

4-6 Jul 1995

Firstpage

36

Lastpage

39

Abstract

Most video coding systems, from MPEG decoders to video telephone systems, are based on dedicated hardware. The cost of developing and manufacturing hardware coding systems is high. The quality of the coded video is often higher than is essential for person to person communication. It is possible to produce much simpler coding algorithms which can be implemented in software, with no dedicated hardware accelerators, to be run on medium powered desktop computers. A software video coding system has been developed which is capable of coding 144 by 120 pixel video at 10 frames per second when running on a 486 based PC. The resulting coded data is compressed enough to be transmitted to the decoder over a single 64 kbit/s ISDN channel

Keywords

ISDN; codecs; microcomputer applications; telecommunication computing; video coding; 120 pixel; 144 pixel; 17280 pixel; 486 based PC; 64 kbit/s; ISDN channel; MPEG decoders; coded data compression; coding algorithms; desktop computers; software codecs; software image coding system; video coding systems; video telephone systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Image Processing and its Applications, 1995., Fifth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Edinburgh

Print_ISBN

0-85296-642-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:19950615

Filename

465569