The Causation and Solution of Ringing Effect in DCT-based Video Coding
Ringing effect is one of the most annoying visual
artifacts in digital video. It is a significant factor of subjective quality
deterioration. However, there is a widely-accepted misunderstanding
of its cause. In this paper, we propose a reasonable interpretation of the
cause of ringing effect. Based on the interpretation, we suggest further
two methods to reduce ringing effect in DCT-based video coding. The
methods adaptively adjust quantizers according to video features. Our
experiments proved that the methods could efficiently improve
subjective quality with acceptable additional computing costs.
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Communications. Prentice Hall, 2002.
[3] AVS Forum. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/.
[4] J. Taylor. DVD Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers).
http://dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html.
[5] V. Ling. Chat Transcript: DVD producer Van Ling on Home Theater
Forum (Dec 2002). http://www.hometheaterforum.com.
[6] ISO/IEC, "Information technology - Generic coding of moving pictures
and associated audio", International Standard ISO/IEC 13818, 1995.
[7] T. Ebrahimi and M. Kunt, "Visual Data Compression for Multimedia
Applications," Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 86, no. 6, pp. 1109--1125,
June 1998.
[8] O. Egger, E. Reusens, T. Ebrahimi, and M. Kunt (invited paper). Very
Low Bit Rate Coding of Visual Information --- A Review ---, in ISCAS'95
Tutorial Book, Chapter 1.5. IEEE Press, May 1995.
[9] R. Chan, T. Chan, M. Ng, W. Tang, and C. Wong, Preconditioned
iterative methods for high-resolution image reconstruction with
multisensors, Proceedings to the SPIE Symposium on Advanced Signal
Processing: Algorithms, Architectures, and Implementations, Vol. 3461,
San Diego CA, July, 1998.
[10] D. Wei, M. Lang, H. Guo, J. E. Odegard, and C. S. Burrus. Quantization
noise reduction using wavelet thresholding for various coding schemes. In
SPIE Math. Imagaging: Wavelet Applications in Signal and Image
Processing, volume 2569, San Diego, CA, July 1995.
[11] G. Fan and W. K. Cham, "Model-based edge reconstruction for
low-bit-rate wavelet transform compressed images", IEEE Transactions
on Circuits System for Video Technology, vol. 10, no. 1, Feb. 2000.
[12] M. T. Sun and A. R. Reibman. Variable bit rate video coding. Compressed
Video over Networks. New York: Marcel Dekker. 2001.
[13] A. Vetro, H. Sun, and Y. Wang. MPEG-4 rate control for multiple video
objects. IEEE Transactions on Circuits System for Video Technology,
Feb 1999.
[14] ITU Telecom. Standardization Sector of ITU, "Methodology for the
Subjective Assessment of the Quality of Television Pictures",
Recommendation ITU-R BT.500-11, 2002.
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artifacts in digital video. It is a significant factor of subjective quality
deterioration. However, there is a widely-accepted misunderstanding
of its cause. In this paper, we propose a reasonable interpretation of the
cause of ringing effect. Based on the interpretation, we suggest further
two methods to reduce ringing effect in DCT-based video coding. The
methods adaptively adjust quantizers according to video features. Our
experiments proved that the methods could efficiently improve
subjective quality with acceptable additional computing costs.", keywords = "ringing effect, video coding, subjective quality, DCT.", volume = "2", number = "1", pages = "74-6", }
