Title :
Robust segmentation of moving image sequences
Author :
Morier, F. ; Pineau, J. Benois ; Barba, D. ; Sanson, H.
Author_Institution :
IRESTE-SEI-IVC, Nantes, France
Abstract :
This paper introduces a method for a hierarchical representation of moving image sequences. The basic level of this hierarchy is a spatial segmentation, rich in regions and whose contours are localised very precisely. The next levels are constructed by a motion-based progressive merging of regions. Different levels of this hierarchy are nested. This representation is sufficiently flexible to allow a “logical zoom” in the image content and to provide a scalable bit rate. So the two goals of content manipulation and of image compression can be reached
Keywords :
data compression; image representation; image segmentation; image sequences; motion estimation; video coding; content manipulation; hierarchical representation; image compression; image content; logical zoom; motion-based progressive region merging; moving image sequences; region contours; scalable bit rate; spatial segmentation; video sequences; Bit rate; Forward contracts; Image coding; Image segmentation; Image sequences; MPEG 4 Standard; Merging; Motion estimation; Plasma welding; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
Image Processing, 1997. Proceedings., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Santa Barbara, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8183-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICIP.1997.648026
