Frame-layer constant-quality rate control of regions of interest for multiple encoders with single video source

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 857-866

  Wu, Ping Hao ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bit allocation; H.264 AVC; Rate control; Surveillance; Video coding

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BIT ALLOCATION; H.264/AVC; RATE CONTROL; REGION OF INTEREST (ROI) ENCODERS; SURVEILLANCE;

IMAGE CODING;

EID: 34547398122     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2007.899605     Document Type: Article

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