In recent years, the paradigm of video coding has shifted from that of a frame-based approach to a content-based approach, particularly with the finalization of the ISO multimedia coding standard, MPEG-4. MPEG-4 is the emerging standard for the coding of multimedia content. It defines a syntax for a set of content-based functionalities, namely, content-based interactivity, compression and universal access. However, it does not specify how the video content is to be generated. To generate the video content, video has to be segmented into video objects and tracked as they transverse across the...

"Explains the transmission of image and video information over wireless channels. Describes MPEG-4, the latest video coding standard. Discusses error resilient combined source channel image and video coders, and multiple access spread spectrum and future generation wireless video communication systems."

This book presents a comprehensive coverage of video transition analysis and detection, which is a critical technology in video indexing embodied in the recent MPEG-7 standard, defining the description interface for multimedia content, it is a timely publication, in that the MPEG-7 standard is driving the explosion of multimedia applications on the Internet. The book outlines a revolutionary system for automatic analysis and detection of transitions, which is not found in any other book.