Objective Video Quality Assessment plays a vital role in visual processing systems and especially in the mobile communication field, some of the video applications boosted the interest of robust methods for quality assessment. Out of all existing methods for Video Quality Analysis, No-Reference (NR) Video Quality Assessment is the one which is most needed in situations where the handiness of reference video is not available. Our challenge lies in formulating and melding effective features into one model based on human visualizing characteristics. Our research work explores the tradeoffs between quality prediction and complexity of a system. Therefore, we implemented support vector regression algorithm as NR-based Video Quality Metric(VQM) for quality estimation with simplified input features. The features are obtained from extraction of H.264 bitstream data at the decoder side of the network. Our metric predicted with Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.99 for SSIM, 0.98 for PEVQ, 0.96 for subjective score and 0.94 for PSNR metric. Therefore in terms of prediction accuracy, the proposed model has good correlation with all deployed metrics and the obtained results demonstrates the robustness of our approach. In our research work, the proposed metric has a good correlation with subjective scores which concludes that proposed metric can be employed for real time use, since subjective scores are considered as true or standard values of video quality.

The thesis deals with addition of pixels outside the image. Lists some methods for inpainting using computers and highlights the pitfalls that appear here. Examines methods for interpolation and approximation of functions in order to find the best method for extrapolating the image beyond its borders. Describes the basics of Wavelet transformation and Multiresolution analysis. It is proposed several methods for replenishment of pixels outside the image. PSNR and SSIM are used to compare achieved results. These methods are explained and compared. Briefly discusses the algorithm OMP, falling within the sparse representation of signals, and used in one of the methods. Also discussed is the development environment of MATLAB as a tool for the implementation of algorithms that practically solves the given problem. The practical part describes the implemented methods for adding pixels outside the image.

This diploma thesis deals with objective video quality assessments without reference. Some of the basics of video quality evaluation are described. Also some basic conditions for objective video quality metrics are introduced. The main focus of the thesis are no-reference approaches. Thesis tries to describe basic methods for seeking distortion in video. The difference between spatial-domain oriented and spectral-domain oriented metrics is analyzed. We also describe design of tool for measuring objective video quality in Matlab environment. We then designed and implemented a bit-stream oriented metric for estimation of the PSNR of H.264 coded sequences. Finally, we created a database of video sequences and we held objective tests. Results were compared with results from subjective measurements.

The thesis deals with addition of pixels outside the image. Lists some methods for inpainting using computers and highlights the pitfalls that appear here. Examines methods for interpolation and approximation of functions in order to find the best method for extrapolating the image beyond its borders. Describes the basics of Wavelet transformation and Multiresolution analysis and briefly discusses about spatial filtering, edge detection and the algorithm OMP, falling within the sparse representation of signals. Theoretical knowledge of these areas are used in the design of several methods for adding pixels outside the image. PSNR and SSIM are used to compare achieved results. Also discussed is the development environment of MATLAB as a tool for the implementation of algorithms that practically solves the given problem.

This diploma thesis deals with standard objective and subjective video quality assessments and with analysis of their applicability to HEVC. Also basic description of video compression standard H.265/HEVC is presented. The main focus of the thesis is a creation of the database of compressed video sequences. Important parameters and features of the reference encoder HM-12 are discussed. Selected methods of objective video quality assessments are implemented on the created database. A part of this thesis is also a suggestion of method for objective video quality assessment, application of this method and associated data collection. Final data is statistically analyzed and it’s correlation with objective tests is discussed.

This thesis deals with copyright protection and content authentication for still images. New blind transform domain block based algorithms using one-level and two-level Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) were developed for copyright protection. The mobile number with international code is used as the watermarking data. The robust algorithms used the Low-Low frequency coefficients of the DWT to embed the watermarking information. The watermarking information is embedded in the green channel of the RGB colour image and Y channel of the YCbCr images. The watermarking information is scrambled by using a secret key to increase the security of the algorithms. Due to the small size of the watermarking information comparing to the host image size, the embedding process is repeated several times which resulted in increasing the robustness of the algorithms. Shuffling process is implemented during the multi embedding process in order to avoid spatial correlation between the host image and the watermarking information. The effects of using one-level and two-level of DWT on the robustness and image quality have been studied. The Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR), the Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM) and Normalized Correlation Coefficient (NCC) are used to evaluate the fidelity of the images. Several grey and still colour images are used to test the new robust algorithms. The new algorithms offered better results in the robustness against different attacks such as JPEG compression, scaling, salt and pepper noise, Gaussian noise, filters and other image processing compared to DCT based algorithms. The authenticity of the images were assessed by using a fragile watermarking algorithm by using hash function (MD5) as watermarking information embedded in the spatial domain. The new algorithm showed high sensitivity against any tampering on the watermarked images. The combined fragile and robust watermarking caused minimal distortion to the images. The combined scheme achieved both the copyright protection and content authentication.

Submitted by Cleide Dantas (cleidedantas@ufpa.br) on 2014-06-27T12:38:23Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Dissertacao_ModelagemParametricaLinear.pdf: 3017649 bytes, checksum: 3ba27e6477d58745a095aa7650029089 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Rosa Silva (arosa@ufpa.br) on 2014-09-05T14:06:39Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Dissertacao_ModelagemParametricaLinear.pdf: 3017649 bytes, checksum: 3ba27e6477d58745a095aa7650029089 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-09-05T14:06:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Dissertacao_ModelagemParametricaLinear.pdf: 3017649 bytes, checksum: 3ba27e6477d58745a095aa7650029089 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Este trabalho apresenta uma modelagem paramétrica (auto-regressiva) linear aplicável a estudos de propagação de televisão digital e telefonia celular para cidades densamente arborizadas. A modelagem proposta apresenta um forte embasamento estatístico e depende apenas de dados provenientes de medição, no caso dados relativos a potência recebida e o valor de PSNR (Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio). Um algoritmo genético é utilizado no cálculo dos parâmetros de ajuste do modelo a um conjunto de dados. O trabalho foi realizado na faixa de televisão digital e foram analisadas duas variáveis: a potência recebida do sinal e o valor de PSNR. Foram executadas campanhas de medição na cidade de Belém. Nestas medições foram coletados dados de potência e gravados vídeos da programação diária de uma emissora de televisão. Os resultados podem ser aplicados no planejamento de serviços de telecomunicações. / This work proposes a linear parametric (auto-regressive) model applicable to digital television and mobile phone signals propagation studies on densely arborized cities. The proposed model has a strong statistic basis and depends only on measured data, in case, power signal and PSNR (Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio) values data. A genetic algorithm was used to adjust the parameters of the model to a measured data set. This work was carried out on the digital television frequency and the signal power level and PSNR values were analyzed. Measurement campaigns were carried out in Belém city. Power signal data was collected as well as videos form the daily schedule of a television station. The results indicate that the model applicability is feasible on planning telecommunication services.

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This work deals with image compression using wavelet transformation. At the beginning , you can find theoretical information about the best known techniques used for image compression , a thorough description of wavelet transormation and the EBCOT algorithm. A significant part of the work is devoted to the library's own implementation . Another chapter of the diploma thesis deals with the comparison and evaluation of the achieved results of the processed library with the JPEG2000 format

Master's thesis deals with the assessment of quality of Ultra HDTV video sequences applying objective metrics. Thesis theoretically describes coding of selected codecs H.265/HEVC and VP9, objective video quality metrics and also subjective methods for assessment of the video sequences quality. Next chapter deals with the implementation of the H.265/HEVC and the VP9 codecs at selected video sequences in the raw format from which arises the test sequences database. Quality of these videos is measured afterwards by objective metrics and selected subjective method. These results are compared for the purpose of finding the most consistent correlations among objective metrics and subjective assessment.