The video coding standards are being developed to satisfy the requirements of applications for various purposes, better picture quality, higher coding efficiency, and more error robustness. The new international video coding standard H.264 / MPEG-4 part 10 aims at having significant improvements in coding efficiency, and error robustness in comparison with the previous standards such as MPEG-2, H.263, MPEG-4 part 2.

This paper describes an overview of H.264 / MPEG-4 part 10. We focus on the detailed features like coding algorithm and error resilience of new standard, and compare the coding schemes with the other standards. The performance comparisons show that H.264 can achieve a coding efficiency improvement of about 1.5 times or greater for each test sequence related to multimedia, SDTV and HDTV.

Thursday, August 18, 2005

ROOM A’:
5^th WSEAS International Conference on Signal, Speech and Image Processing

Session: Spatial and Temporal Analysis in Signal Processing

Chair: Dr. Marios Poulos

Adaptive Edge Detection with Directional Wavelet Transform	Dusan Heric, Damjan Zazula	498-670
An Algorithm for Vector Quantization Using Density Estimation	Akkaphon Nongnuch, Athasit Surarerks	498-660
Nonuniform DFT based on nonequispaced sampling	Jae-jeong Hwang, Sang-gyu Cho, Joon Moon, Jae-wan Lee	498-601
Cross Ambiguity Function Computation Using Over-Sampled DFT Filter Banks	Kenneth Bentz	498-568
A Robust Spatio-Temporal Processing for Multipath Environments with an Antenna Array	Yoshio Konno, Jianting Cao, Mamoru Tanaka	498-496
Nonlinear Wavelet Packets Algorithms	Sergio Amat, Sonia Busquier, Antonio Escudero	498-188
Computation of filtered back projection on graphics cards	Vitezsav V. Vlcek	498-767

ROOM B’:

5^th WSEAS International Conference on Signal, Speech and Image Processing

SPECIAL SESSION: Applied signal and image processing and case studies

Chair: Prof. Radovan D. Stojanovic

Both Chaotic and Harmonic Signals Generation: Closing the Loop around the Duffing System	Victor Grigoras, Carmen Grigoras	498-696
The VLSI Design of the Minimal Dimension, Cost and Power Consumption System for Time-frequency Analysis	Veselin Ivanovic, Radovan Stojanovic	498-270
Monitoring of the Processed Surface Quality by an Acoustic Emission Application	Zogovic Vukasin, Vukasojevic Radomir, Stojanovic Radovan	498-206

ROOM B’:

5^th WSEAS International Conference on Signal, Speech and Image Processing

SESSION: Blind Source Separation

Chair: Prof. Kiyotoshi Matsuoka

Blind separation for real-world speech signals	Kiyotoshi Matsuoka, Seiji Yamada, Masafumi Matsuno, Takayoshi Yamamoto	498-339
A Reference Suite Design for Blind Signal Separation	Markus Borschbach	498-408
Blind Source Separation Using Variable Step-Size Adaptive Algorithm in Frequency Domain	Hyun-Tae KIm	498-599
An automatic method for separation and identification of Biomedical Signals from Convolutive Mixtures by Independent Component Analysis in the Frequency Domain	Matteo Milanesi, Nicola Vanello, Vincenzo Positano, Maria Filomena Santarelli, Danilo De Rossi, Luigi Landini	498-775

ROOM B’:
5^th WSEAS International Conference on Signal, Speech and Image Processing

Session: Biometric Applications of Image Processing

Chair: Prof. S. S. Dlav

A Novel Biometric Fingerprint Pressure Deformation Algorithm	W. L. Woo, S. S. Dlay	498-658
A Novel Biometric Feature Extraction Algorithm using Two Dimensional Fisherface in 2DPCA subspace for Face Recognition	R. M. Mutelo, W. L. Woo, S. S. Dlay	498-618
Computationally Efficient Fingerprint Algorithm for Automatic Recognition	M. A. Dabbah, W. L. Woo, S. S. Dlay	498-617
Improved Recognition Performance with LDA and ICA Using Vertically and Horizontally Partitioned Facial Images	Onsen Toygar, Adnan Acan	498-533
Real-time facial feature detection by statistical template matching	Alexander Sibiryakov, Miroslaw Bober	498-373
Application of DCT Blocks with Principal Component Analysis for Face Recognition	Maha Sharkas	498-347
Feature Extraction and Classification of Fingerprints using a Novel Fuzzy Neural Network	Mehdi Hariri, Shahriar B. Shokouhi	498-228

Friday, August 19, 2005

ROOM A’:
5^th WSEAS International Conference on Signal, Speech and Image Processing

Session: Signal Processing: Theory and Applications

Chair: Prof. Mariusz Ziolko

New Approach of Parametric Spectral Analysis Used in the Diagnosis of Induction Motors	Khaled Mansouri, Mohamed Benouareth, Noureddine Doghmane, Mohamed Faouzi Karkat.	498-671
Evaluation of Rock Acoustic Properties by a Parametric Spectral Analysis	Abderezak Lachouri, Noureddine Doghmane, Toufik Bouden, Brahim Harhoud, Hani Boumaaraf	498-668
Automatic classification of sleep stages on a EEG signal by artificial neural networks	Nizar Kerkeni, Frederic Alexandre, Mohamed Hedi Bedoui, Laurent Bougrain, Mohamed Dogui	498-608
Exploiting the Distributed Foreground Memory in Coarse Grain Reconfigurable Arrays for Reducing the Memory Bottleneck in DSP Applications	Gregory Dimitroulakos, Michalis D. Galanis, Costas E. Goutis	498-534
Acoustic Space of Bangla Vowels	Syed Akhter Hossain, M Lutfar Rahman, Farruk Ahmed	498-459
Partitioning Signal Processing Applications to Different Granularity Reconfigurable Logic	Michalis D. Galanis, Gregory Dimitroulakos, Athanassios P. Kakarountas, Costas E. Goutis	498-456
Reduced-Order Suboptimal Filter for Dynamic Systems with Multi-Sensor Environment	Rashid Minhas, Vladimir Shin	498-444
Fractal robustness and parameter tuning PIΈDΉ Controllers	Abdelbaki Djouambi, Abdelfatah Charef, Tarek Bouktir	498-438
Side lobe minimization of the emitted radiation pattern of a phased array antenna using gradient methods	A. Koumasis, C.T. Angelis	498-275
A new weighting and clustering method for discrimination of objects on the rosette pattern	Shahriar Baradaran Shokouhi, Amirkeyvan Momtaz, Hadi Soltanizadeh	498-230
Cell-average Nonlinear Multiresolution on the Quincunx Pyramid	Sergio Amat, Sonia Busquier and J.Carlos Trillo	498-189
Diagnostic Process of the Pantograph Current-Collector	Gianluca Brilli, Giuseppe Fazio, Roberto Loiacono, Marco Marinelli, Simone Meneghello, Stefano Ricci, Giancarlo Sacerdoti	498-310

ROOM A’:
5^th WSEAS International Conference on Signal, Speech and Image Processing

Session: Image Processing: Theory and Applications I

Chair: Prof. Alberto Faro

A Framework for Developing Image Processing Algorithms with Minimal Overhead	Fabian Wenzel, Rolf-Rainer Grigat	498-485
Modeling and Measuring Uniformity of Intermetalic Formation from the Au-Al Wire Bonding Image	Omar Mohd. Rijal, Norliza Mohd. Noor, Liew Kian Wah, Omar Mohd. Badar	498-194
LevelSet versus AGSnakes as Mouth's Shape Extraction Algorithm	Etienne Bouan, Arnaud Chardon, David Martinez, Nicolas Cladel, Renaud Seguier	498-214
Local invariant object localization based on a reduced color space	R. Heintz, E. Monari, G. Schϊfer	498-237
New High Speed Normalized Neural Networks for Pattern Detection	Hazem M. El-Bakry, Qiangfu Zhao	498-329
Gesture Driven Systems in Mobile Environments	Sherif E. H egazy, Mansour Moniri, Claude C. Chibelushi	498-348

ROOM A’:
5^th WSEAS International Conference on Signal, Speech and Image Processing

Session: Image Processing: Theory and Applications II

Chair: Prof. Dimitris Tomtsis, Prof. V Kodogiannis

Road Surface Crack Identification by Using Different Classifiers on Digital Images	Heydar Toossian Shandiz, Hosein Ghasemzadeh Tehrani, Hadi Hadizadeh	498-399
Trainable Gesture Recognition Framework for Virtual Keyboard	Hafiz Adnan Habib, Muid Muft	498-452
A syntactic learning method for hand gesture recognition	Roya Choupani, Mehmet Tolun	498-460
Simultaneous Localization and Tracking of Persons in a Cluttered Scene with a Single Camera	Holger Fillbrandt, Karl-Friedrich Kraiss	498-473
Nipple Detection for Obscene Pictures	Piyabute Fuangkhon, Thitipong Tanprasert	498-162
Robust Object Segmentation Using Genetic Optimization of Morphological Processing Chains	S. Rahnamayan, H. R. Tizhoosh, M.M.A Salama	498-483
Main Subject Detection of Image by Cropping Specific Sharp Area	Fotios C. Vaioulis, Marios S. Poulos, George D. Bok	498-779
Intelligent Systems for the Diagnosis of Wireless-Capsule Endoscopic Images	V Kodogiannis, M. Boulougoura, E. Wadge	498-489
Document Processing with Bayesian Network and Agent-based Programming	András Barta, István Vajk	498-521
Improved Performance of Adaptive Length Recursive Weighted Median Filter in the presence of High Density of Positive and Negative Impulses in Images	Uma maheswari.O, D. Ebenezer	498-529
Shape Context for Image Understanding	Lei He, Huazhou Liu	498-569
GW4: An FPGA-driven Image Segmentation Algorithm	Kofi Appiah, Andrew Hunter, Tino Kluge	498-581
Fast object tracking by a repeated centre approximation method based on chromatic processing	Dimitris Tomtsis, Christos Katsanos	498-598
Perceptual Grouping using Hypercolumnar Relaxation Phase Labeling	Winfried A. Fellenz	498-712
Shape Representation and Matching of 3D Objects for Computer Vision Applications	Yasser Ebrahim, Wegdan Abdelsalam, Maher Ahmed, Siu-Cheung Chau	498-747
Fast denoising for moving object detection by an extended structural fitness algorithm	Alberto Faro, Daniela Giordano, Concetto Spampinato	498-764
Recognition of Subjective Objects Based on One Gold Sample	S. Rahnamayan, H. R. Tizhoosh, M.M.A Salama	498-482

ROOM B’:
Tutorials:

1. Capturing Human Movements, gestures and interactivity for context aware spaces

2. Human Centered Safety Systems in Intelligent Vehicles

Organizer: Prof. Mohan Trivedi
Computer Vision and Robotics Research Laboratory
University of California, San Diego, USA

ROOM B’:
Tutorials: Digital Multimedia Broadcasting

Organizer: Prof. Giovanni E. Corazza

University of Bologna, Italy