Region-of-interest based rate control for low-bit-rate video conferencing

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Tong, Lin ^a   Rao, K R ^a  

^a University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROBLOCK LAYER; RATE CONTROL ALGORITHM; REGION OF INTEREST (ROI) BASED RATE CONTROL; VIDEO OBJECT PLANE;

ALGORITHMS; FACE RECOGNITION; IMAGE CODING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

VIDEO CONFERENCING;

EID: 33750687263     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2238343     Document Type: Article

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