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Multimedia Computing

This document outlines a course on multimedia systems design with 5 units totaling 48 hours. Unit 1 covers multimedia systems introduction and architecture. Unit 2 covers audio technology including sound representation and speech signals. Unit 3 covers video technology basics and formats. Unit 4 covers data compression techniques. Unit 5 covers content analysis of images and video. The course relies on two primary textbooks and provides additional online resources for further information.

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Multimedia Computing

This document outlines a course on multimedia systems design with 5 units totaling 48 hours. Unit 1 covers multimedia systems introduction and architecture. Unit 2 covers audio technology including sound representation and speech signals. Unit 3 covers video technology basics and formats. Unit 4 covers data compression techniques. Unit 5 covers content analysis of images and video. The course relies on two primary textbooks and provides additional online resources for further information.

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Unit Course Content No.

of
No. Hours
1. Multimedia Systems Design: An Introduction: 8
Introduction; Multimedia Elements; Multimedia Applications; Multimedia Systems
Architecture; Defining Objects for Multimedia Systems; The need for Data
Compression.
Media and Data Streams: The Term Multimedia; The Term Media: Perception
Media, Representation Media, Presentation Media, Storage Media, Transmission
Media, Information Exchange Media, Presentation Spaces & Values, Presentation
Dimensions; Key Properties of a Multimedia System: Discrete & Continuous Media,
Independence Media, Computer Controlled Systems, Integration.
2. Audio Technology: Introduction; Sound; Frequency, Amplitude; Audio 8
Representation on Computers: Sampling, Quantization; Speech Signals: Human
Speech, Speech Synthesis; Speech Output: Reproducible Speech Playout, Sound
Concatenation in the Time and Frequency Range; Speech Input: Speech Recognition.
Graphics and Images: Introduction; Capturing Graphics and Images: Capturing
Real-World Images, Creating Graphics, Computer Assisted Graphics and Image
Processing; Image Analysis.
3 Video Technology: Introduction; Basics: Representation of Video Signals, Visual 8
Representation; Signal Formats: Color Encoding; Digitalization of Video Signals;
Composite Coding, Component Coding.
Computer-Based Animation: Introduction; Basic Concepts: Input Process,
Composition Stage, Inbetween Process, Changing Colors; Specification of

Animations; Methods of Controlling Animation: Explicitly Declared Control,


Procedural Control, Constraint-based Systems; Display of Animation; Transmission
of Animation
4. Data Compression: The need for Data Compression, Storage Space; Coding 8
Requirements; Source, Entropy, and Hybrid Coding: Entropy Coding, Source
Coding, Major Steps of Data Compression; Basic Compression Techniques; Run-
Length Coding, Zero Suppression, Vector Quantization, Pattern Substitution,
Diatomic Encoding, Statistical Coding, Huffman Coding, Transformation Coding,
Subband Coding; JPEG: Requirements, JPEG Overview, JPEG Modes, Image
Preparation, Lossy Sequential DCT-based Mode.
5. Content Analysis: Introduction, Simple Vs. Complex Features; Analysis of 7
Individual Images: Text Recognition, Similarity-Based Searches in Image Databases;
Analysis of Image Sequences: Motion Vectors, Cut Detection, Analysis of Shots,
Similarity-Based Search at the Shot Level, Similarity-Based Search at the Scene and
Video Level; Audio Analysis: Syntactic Audio Indicators, Semantic Audio
Indicators; Applications: Genre Recognition, Text Recognition in Videos.

Text Books:

1. Ralf Steinmetz, Klara Narstedt: Multimedia Fundamentals: Vol 1-Media Coding and
Content Processing, 2nd Edition, Pearson Education, 2017.
Reference Books:
1. Prabhat K. Andleigh, Kiran Thakrar: Multimedia Systems Design, 1st Edition, PHI, 2018.
2. K.R Rao, Zoran S. Bojkovic and Dragorad A. Milovanovic: Multimedia Communication
Systems: Techniques, Standards, and Networks, 2nd Edition, PHI Learning, 2016.

Note:
Students are informed to visit the following websites for additional information on the course.

1. https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/multimediacommunication Course offered by IIT Khanapur


2. http://www.nptelvideos.in/2018/11/multimedia-and-its-applications.html
3. https://freevideolectures.com/course/multimediacomputing

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