Image and Video Compression Standards, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995 Algorithms and Architectures The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science Series, Vol. 334

Image and Video Compression Standards: Algorithms and Architectures presents an introduction to the algorithms and architectures that underpin the image and video compression standards, including JPEG (compression of still images), H.261 (video teleconferencing), MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 (video storage and broadcasting). In addition, the book covers the MPEG and Dolby AC-3 audio encoding standards, as well as emerging techniques for image and video compression, such as those based on wavelets and vector quantization.
The book emphasizes the foundations of these standards, i.e. techniques such as predictive coding, transform-based coding, motion compensation, and entropy coding, as well as how they are applied in the standards. How each standard is implemented is not dealt with, but the book does provide all the material necessary to understand the workings of each of the compression standards, including information that can be used to evaluate the efficiency of various software and hardware implementations conforming to the standards. Particular emphasis is placed on those algorithms and architectures that have been found to be useful in practical software or hardware implementations.
Audience: A valuable reference for the graduate student, researcher or engineer. May also be used as a text for a course on the subject.

Preface. 1. Compression fundamentals. 2. Methods and standards for lossless compression. 3. Fundamentals of lossy image compression. 4. Fundamentals of lossy video compression. 5. The JPEG standard. 6. The MPEG video standards. 7. The H.261 video encoding standard. 8. Processing requirements. 9. RISC and DSP cores. 10. Architectures for the DCT. 11. Hardware for motion estimation. 12. Hardware for entropy encoding. 13. Implementation of JPEG processors. 14. Integrated circuits for video coders. 15. Multimedia enhancements for RISC processors. 16. Standards for audio compression. 17. Nonstandard compression techniques. A: Abbreviations and symbols. B: Internet directory. References. Index.