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CHICAGO, IL -- (Marketwire) -- 02/21/13 -- High Tech Views, a premier technology publication and this year's sponsor of the 17th annual Kinetic Process Innovation Awards, announces five award winners whose technology has made a significant contribution to supporting business growth and achievement for their customers. Additionally, one Vision Award winner has been named for a product or service accomplishment that exhibits the greatest potential for helping to solve and transform a critical business challenge using technological innovation.
The 2013 recipient of the Vision Award is Jenoptik Laser for its innovative robot-based 3D metal cutting laser machine, JENOPTIK-VOTAN® BIM. The Vision Award honors one company that exemplifies a technology breakthrough which Jenoptik clearly demonstrated. The award is judged on three key themes: Innovation, Value, and Impact.
"Numerous cutting edge applications were submitted this year ranging from Jenoptik's laser robot to document management systems and energy harvesting solutions that are making a significant impact on the competiveness and success of the organizations they serve," said Drew Barrows, deputy editor of High Tech Views. "As in past years, with the wide range of technologies represented, the judges found it particularly challenging to make their final selections. The winners, however, exemplify a focus on solutions that increase efficiencies and provide valuable ROI for their customers."
The 2013 Kinetic Process Innovation Award winners are:
- EastNets, New York City and Dubai, for the deployment of its en.Service Bureau solution at the Ansbacher Bahamas for SWIFT connectivity, helping the bank reduce complexity, cost and risk related to payments and other international financial transactions.
- EnOcean, San Ramon, CA and Frankfurt, Germany, for its energy harvesting solutions deployed in the Ruby House, a state of the art private residence and "green" house in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- iQuate, San Francisco, CA and Dublin, Ireland, and Palisade Consulting Group, for excellent in service and deployment of a powerful discovery platform to optimize highly complex IT environments, including enterprise server technologies from Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, and VMWare, among others.
- Notable Solutions (NSi), Rockville, MD, for its implementation of NSi®AutoStore at Toyota Industries of North America to manage documents, assure security and create a collaborative environment that integrates with an SAP management system.
- Omnify Software, Tewksbury, MA - Product Design Automation - for its PLM application at Terrafugia, a growing aerospace company that designs and manufactures revolutionary "flying cars."
About Kinetic Process Innovation Awards:
The awards program, founded by Kinetic Information LLC in 1996, is sponsored by High Tech Views to recognize innovation in the application of information technology. Awards focus on the business benefits user organizations derive from their technology systems. Winners are selected by a panel of experts consisting of independent professionals who are recognized authorities in their fields. The judging process is free of any vendor or other bias so the emphasis remains on the business benefits provided by each winning implementation.
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Too often with compelling new technologies market participants become overly enamored with that attractiveness of the technology and neglect underlying business drivers. This tendency, what some call the "newest shiny object syndrome," is understandable given that virtually all of us are heavily engaged in technology. But it is also mistaken. Without concrete business cases driving its deployment, IoT, like many other technologies before it, will fade into obscurity.
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The Internet of Things is in the early stages of mainstream deployment but it promises to unlock value and rapidly transform how organizations manage, operationalize, and monetize their assets. IoT is a complex structure of hardware, sensors, applications, analytics and devices that need to be able to communicate geographically and across all functions. Once the data is collected from numerous endpoints, the challenge then becomes converting it into actionable insight.
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Sainsbury hits 12-month low after poor Christmas sales
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Sainsbury's shares plunged by more than 8 per cent to a 12-month low of 393p as the supermarket group said underlying sales in the 19 weeks to 30 January were up by just 1.2 per cent on the same period last year. This compares to a figure of 4.1 per cent announced by Tesco last month, indicating that Sainsbury's is continuing to lose ground to the market leader.
Sainsbury's chief executive, Dino Adriano, said that although the Cleese campaign had succeeded in attracting more customers to the stores, it had not encouraged them to spend more. Instead they had focused only on the promoted, cut-price ranges, leaving Sainsbury's with a lower average transaction size.
"Shoppers were just popping in, picking up the bargains and going elsewhere," one analyst said.
The result is that not only has the price campaign failed to stimulate sales, but it has reduced margins as well.
Sainsbury's would not comment on whether it would continue to use the services of Mr Cleese. But it is considered unlikely that the comedian's contract will be renewed following suggestions that Sainsbury's has found the former Monty Python star too expensive and difficult to work with.
Sainsbury's was forced to deny rumours that it is planning a major strategic review, and suggestions that Mr Adriano is ill. "Our strategy remains unchanged, and Dino looked perfectly well last time I saw him," a spokesman said.
Analysts criticised the company, saying its management team had moved too slowly to act on prices and was still being outmanoeuvred by rivals such as Tesco, Asda and a recovering Safeway, whose trading update is due on Monday.
"This business seems no closer to solving the problem of how to grow sales in an environment of falling margins than it was five years ago," said Andrew Fowler, food retail analyst at Morgan Stanley.
Market share figures compiled by AGB show that in December Sainsbury's share of the UK grocery market was 16.1 per cent, compared to 20.2 per cent held by Tesco. Two years ago Sainsbury's was much closer, with 17.1 per cent compared to Tesco's share of 19.3 per cent.
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They said that Sainsbury's was paying the price for an "arrogant inward- looking attitude" that was proving difficult to shake off. "Sainsbury's just does not have a culture that learns quickly," one analyst said.
Sainsbury's has been caught out in an ever more price-competitive supermarket environment, as is illustrated by the current price war on bread, with some supermarkets cutting the cost of a sliced white loaf to just 7p.
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The Body Shop All-In-One Face Base
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on 12/19/2009 7:15:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Tan, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Pros- great coverage, is buildable, convenient. Great for days when you need to run out or don't feel like putting on a ton of m/u, doesn't break me out. I don't even need to use concealers with it. Cons - not a wide color selection. I can wear the deepest shade, but I think it needs to be darker. I'm not crazy about the bulky compact, it could be a lot slimmer. When I first put it on it looks unnaturally chalky or matte which I'm also not crazy about. I don't mind matte, but chalky, not so much. That could also be due to the color being a tad too light. I guess as it oxidizes with your skin, that kinda tones it down a little, but I don't want to wait for that to happen, I like immediate results. I don't know if I would get this again cause I feel it's too expensive and there are as many cons as there are pros. It's a shame though cause the coverage is great!
on 12/14/2009 4:15:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Fair, Warm
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Green
Well after reading all the great comments on this product, I thought I'd give it a shot, so I stopped by my local Body Shop to see what the fuss was all about. The girl that greeted me didn't really seem to know much about make up all, nor did she seem to wear much make up herself, which was quite disappointing, but luckily I knew what I was looking for. I managed to find a shade that suited my skin tone quite well, which is very pale but very yellowy. I did notice that they didn't have much variety as far as shades go, and the darkest color wasn't very dark at all, so that's definetly something they should work on. It cost 20$ which is fairly reasonable. The packaging is very nice, and seems sturdy enough, and has a nice little mirror in it. The sponge which comes with it applies it well enough, but it probably would look better applied with a foundation brush. The coverage is great, and very buildable, which I love, I have a bit of redness on my nose and cheeks and it covers it very well. It goes on nice and doesn't feel cakey, I have oily skin so it balances it out nicely, and I don't have to touch up nearly as much. It has a very nice matte finish. I will definetly be re-purchasing this! I'd say if you can find the right shade, then you should absolutely give it a try!
on 12/7/2009 1:43:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I've had this product (in 02) for about a week and a half now and I'm really liking it. I have combination skin with large pores on my nose and cheeks and this really does a great job at making them less noticeable. I find it also really works with controlling oil and I don't need to touch up as often as with a liquid foundation and powder.
I haven't tried this wet yet because it provides enough coverage for me "dry" with a bit of concealer.
on 12/7/2009 9:48:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I bought this as a tandem with the Warm Sunset Blush Trio from the Precious Pearlescents collection, while I was in search of a good face powder. I never tried it wet since I just needed something for touch-ups. I liked the clip opening, it made me feel that the compact was more secure. I also liked how the sponge was of good quality and that it had a separate compartment from the powder itself, though for the most part I used a kabuki brush to apply it. Coverage was pretty good and so was oil control - basically, it had what I needed in a face powder.
My first gripe about it, however, was the smell. My nose just couldn't get used to it, though a minute or so after application I don't smell it anymore. I thought my item might have been a defect or something until I read some reviews here on MUA that mentioned the smell as well. In the two-month period that I was using it, I noticed that the side had started to crack, and in the end the rest of the powder cracked as well. I have crushed the rest & transferred them into a container with sifter, so it's now a bit more hassling to use but still fine. I wish that TBS would have refills though, or some recycling program so that the compact could be re-used. I'm now in search of a compact refill from a different brand that could fit it, just so I could use it again.
on 11/29/2009 9:25:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I've been looking for a good foundation for a long time! My skin gets oily a few hours after I apply my makeup, so my foundation usually starts to fade and expose any concealed blemishes or flaws right away. I've tried CARGO cream foundation, BM mineral makeup, and L'Oreal true match foundation among others. So suprised that the Body Shop (who knew?) would made a foundation I'd be crazy about. THIS PRODUCT CONTROLS OIL! Egads! It doesn't dry you out, and gives you a flawless matte finish. I reapply late in the afternoon for the second half of the day with my kabuki, and it's all good. It gives medium coverage, so you have to conceal dark circles and blemishes in addition to using this.
The packaging is classy looking with a neat separator between the sponge applicator and the powder, which minimizes mess.
Been using this foundation the Body Shop luminizing tint and their pencil concealer and lightening touch concealer (undereyes), and have the nicest looking complexion I can remember. The 3 products for $30 promo for Black Friday really made these products a steal! Would still pay full price when I run out. The Body Shop makeup line is high quality and made in Germany, which is reassuring with all the claims about cosmetics made in China these days. Go into the Body Shop and let a SA help you try out some of their face products. You'll be pleasantly surprised!
on 11/25/2009 3:01:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Green
This is pretty good, I have combination skin, and it works wonderful. My t-zone is rather oily and this stays for a good 4-5 hours before I have to touch up. On my cheeks it's dry and this doesn't seem cakey at all. I'd say the coverage is pretty good, it's buildable. I wish it would have spf or a better color selection at least. My shade is 06 which is their darkest shade. For reference the shade is very similar to Benefits Hello Flawless "Me vain? Chamagne" which is Benefits' lightest shade...
Overall it's very comparable to Benefits flawless. The coverage is just as good as benefits and the oil control is wonderful. I would buy this again, granted that I don't get any darker...
on 11/25/2009 1:56:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I bought this soley on the reviews here and I must say Im very pleased I did.I love the silver compact,very sturdy and classy and the product inside is as impressive.
I got this in the lightest shade and its a very good match.I used it over my liquid foundation as a setting powder and the finishing result was a flawless face that looked good all day.Im so pleased I took a chance with this,I will try it wet and see if it looks even better.
I like this so much I went and bought a backup,a thing I NEVER do.
on 11/14/2009 1:31:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
This is probably one of the best powder foundations I've tried, and I've tried MANY!!!! My former HG was Clarins Express Compact, which has unfortunately been discontinued. Since I have really oily skin, I simply cannot live without a powder foundation for touch up. Before I decided to get TBS All-In-One, I tried a few by Shiseido (stay away from Smooth Perfecting compact.... made me break out like crazy, is really cakey, and the powder shattered to pieces very soon), Chanel, Clinique etc. But I can honestly say that TBS All-in-One is second only to the Clarins. The colour choice is questionable. I'm a NC35 at the moment and while #6 is a good match, it's not perfect (slightly too peachy) and if you're darker than me, you won't find a match at all! However, the texture of the powder is fantastic especially if you have oily skin. It's reasonably finely milled and glides on smoothly and evenly, with no streaking. It creates a matt but natural finish that doesn't scream 'I'm caking powder on!!!!' Oil control is not bad, even on my *extremely* oily t-zone. Coverage is also pretty good, and layering is possible. Love the sturdy packaging with the useful mirror too. For the price I am perfectly content and will definitely repurchase!!!!!!!!!!!!
on 11/8/2009 5:21:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
for a long time i just used this as a back up when i was out of mac , now i have grabbed it several times on a whim and decided i really like it. I use this as a powder not foundation to set my makeup and really like it for touch ups during the day , now that i figured out i like it so well i am almost out so i will repurchase
on 11/7/2009 12:46:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
This has become my favourite foundation. I previously used liquids. After switching to this powder I have had less breakouts, cut down my makeup application time, and it lasts longer/is easier to touch up throughout the day. I bought this in shade 03 which livens my nc15 yellow-undertoned skin (I may try 02 as the winter wears on). It works really nicely over sunscreen and does not exaggerate fine lines or look cakey. The compact is well designed, with a mirror and separate compartment for the sponge. My only complaint is that a) the compact is not refillable (which is wasteful/costly in my view and rather strange for a company with an environmental agenda), and for $30 cdn, the amount of product you get is rather small. I will have to buy a new one of these probably every 5 weeks. I haven't found anything better, so it's worth it. As others have mentioned, this looks great in natural and flouroscent light (!) and it photographs beautifully. I have photos of me at a football game, worse for the wear from a late night before and with only five minutes to get ready...and my skin looks awesome.
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As the endless cycle of violence between the Hatfields and McCoys rages on, a youthful tragedy conjures the dreaded demon of vengeance to rise up and claim the lives of those who caused the death of a young innocent. Ever since the McCoys ran over Abner Hatfield with their motorcar and reneged and their promise to give the Hatfields the vehicle as a gesture of goodwill, the two backwoods families have been locked in an ongoing battle. But while the adults in each family are consumed by hatred, all young Jodie Hatfield and Ricky McCoy want is to love one another. Knowing that their families will disapprove of their union, the two young lovebirds furtively rendezvous in the woods as Ricky's little sister, Sarah, stands lookout. One night, as the two declare their love by the light of the moon, two of the Hatfield brothers spy Sarah in the woods and quickly give chase. When Sarah makes a fatal misstep and dies, Ricky visits the old woman in the woods and summons the one hell-spawn that can settle the score. But vengeance is a dangerous game, and before long both families are running for their lives. … More
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|Application number
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|Nov 22, 2011
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|Aug 19, 2005
|Priority date
|Aug 20, 2004
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|Yipeng Liu, Edmund Thompson
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|Polycom, Inc.
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This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. �119(e) to U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/603,112, filed Aug. 20, 2004, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to video communication and more particularly to a method of detecting and concealing errors in a video bitstream.
2. Description of Related Art
Digitization of video images has become increasingly important. In addition to their use in global communication (e.g., videoconferencing), digitization of video images for digital video recording has also become increasingly common. In each of these applications, video information is transmitted across telecommunication links such as telephone lines, ISDN, DSL, and radio frequencies, or stored on various media devices such as DVDs and SVCDs. In many cases, the transmission and/or storage is susceptible to introducing errors into the video bitstream.
Efficient transmission, reception, and/or storage of video data typically requires encoding and compressing the video data. Several approaches and standards to encoding and compressing source video signals exist. Some standards are designed for a particular application, such as ITU-T Recommendations H.261, H.263, and H.264, which are used extensively in video conferencing applications. Additionally, standards promulgated by the Motion Picture Experts' Group (MPEG-2, MPEG-4) have found widespread application in consumer electronics and other applications. Each of these standards is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
In any case, a digital image is comprised of a grid of individual pixels. Typically, the whole image is not processed at one time, but is divided into blocks that are individually processed. Each block comprises a rectangular grid of a predetermined number of luminance or luma pixels (which generally specify the brightness of a pixel) and a predetermined number of chrominance or chroma pixels (which generally specify the color of a pixel). A predetermined number of blocks are combined into a macroblock, which forms the basic unit of processing in most regimes. Although some aspects of this hierarchy of processing units are discussed below, methods and techniques for block-based processing of images for processing are generally known to those skilled in the art, and thus are not repeated here in detail.
The macroblocks of image data may be encoded in a variation of one of two basic techniques. For example, "intra" coding may be used, in which the original macroblock is encoded without reference to historical data, such as a corresponding macroblock from a previous frame. Alternatively, "inter" coding may be used, in which the macroblock of image data is encoded in terms of the differences between the macroblock and a reference macroblock of data, such as a corresponding macroblock from a previous frame. Many variations on these two basic schemes are known to those skilled in the art, and thus are not discussed here in detail. It is generally desirable to select the encoding technique which requires the fewest number of bits to describe the macroblock of data. Intra coding typically requires many more bits to represent the block, and therefore inter coding is generally preferred.
Videoconferencing "calls" are typically placed using one of two technologies. Traditionally circuit switched networks (e.g., ISDN telephone lines) have been used. Typically these calls are placed according to International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Recommendation H.320, "Narrow-Band Visual Telephone Systems And Terminal Equipment." More recently, packet switched networks such as the Internet have become more widely used for videoconferencing. A variety of packet switched multimedia communication protocols exist, one example of which is ITU Recommendation H.323, "Packet-based Multimedia Communications Systems." Each of these recommendations is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. Although the description herein is in the context of one of these two protocols, it is noted that the invention is not limited to only these protocols.
Video calls transmitted using either technology are in many cases subject to errors in transmission. Traditionally, when the decoder detects bit stream errors, it has two options. The first option is to freeze the display and request a fast update from the transmitter. The transmitter sends an intra frame upon such a request. The receiver's display remains frozen until the intra frame is received. These seconds of frozen video compromise the user experience. The second option is to request a fast update but continue displaying the frames that had errors. Until the requested intra frame arrives, there are artifacts like bright color blocks, black blocks, or scrambled images, etc. Such artifacts are typically more disruptive to the user experience than a frozen display, so common practice in the videoconferencing arts has been to hide the errors by choosing option one, i.e., freezing the display.
However, neither of the two options recited above is desirable. Therefore, what is needed in the art is an alternative technique of concealing errors in a video transmission that is less disruptive of the user experience. The present invention is therefore generally directed to a method for concealing video errors, reducing or eliminating visual artifacts, and reducing or eliminating the impact of visual disturbance caused by an intra update frame. Although described in terms of videoconferencing systems, the concepts described herein are equally adaptable to any video coding and decoding application.
The error concealment technique disclosed herein relates to the use of existing information by the decoder to conceal bitstream errors regardless of what the encoder does. Examples of existing information include, for example, the previous reference frame, macroblock information for the previous reference frames, etc. Another aspect of the system described herein relates to the steps that the encoder can take to enhance the decoder's ability to recover gracefully from a transmission error. Exemplary steps that can be taken by the encoder include intra walk around and sending GOB headers. Although these encoder techniques can provide greatly enhanced results, they are not strictly necessary to the system described herein.
The system disclosed herein enjoys many advantages, which will become apparent upon further reference to the detailed description below. For example, the system is completely standards based, and thus is compatible with any standards compliant videoconferencing system, including existing endpoints, gateways, and multipoint control units. Additionally, the system is compliant with video encoded using any of the H.261, H.263, or H.264 standards. The system described herein is also easy to implement, especially in an H.264 decoder. Furthermore, as noted above, although it preferred to have both the encoder and decoder enhancements described herein, the decoder alone can significantly improve the user experience. Still other advantages of the system described herein include a negligible impact on coding efficiency and minimal required extra computation.
As noted briefly above, video bitstreams are transmitted in essentially two ways: a stream of bits on an ISDN network or packets on an IP network. Both can have errors that cause the decoder to lose synchronization. There are three important steps for successfully concealing the errors. First, the decoder must confine the impact of the error to as small a region in the picture as possible. Second, the decoder must use existing information to patch the region that has not been successfully decoded. Third, if necessary, the decoder may contact the far-end encoder to resend missing information to resynchronize the decoder with the encoder. The encoder may obviate the need for this third step by such methods as intra walk-around or relatively frequent transmission of key frames.
Once an error is detected, the decoder needs to re-synchronize to be able to continue the decoding process. There are four different points in the bitstream at which the decoder can re-synchronize. A first synchronization point is at the frame level. Using frame level synchronization, the decoder gives up on the frame currently being decoded and moves on to the next frame by searching for the Picture Start Code.
A second synchronization point is available only to H.261 and H.263 video bitstreams. Video frames encoded using H.261 or H.263 are divided into groups of blocks (GOBs). The GOB headers can be used as a synchronization point. When an error is detected, the part of the picture from the preceding GOB header to the next GOB header is lost. The rest of the picture is still intact. One issue with GOB level synchronization in H.263 video bitstreams is that the H.263 standard does not require the encoder to send the GOB headers. Although transmission of GOB headers is permitted, they are often omitted to reduce overhead and thus improve the data rate. For the GOB level synchronization to work properly with H.263, the encoder should transmit at least some GOB headers. Video encoded using H.261 always includes GOB headers, so the technique described herein works nicely with conventional systems.
A third synchronization point, macroblock level synchronization is also available only to H.261 and H.263 decoders. There is no easy way to synchronize on the macroblock level from the raw bitstream, but when the bits are received in packets, the packet header contains information about the macroblock information. However, this information in the packet header may not be reliable in practice due to the possibility that legacy systems did not supply correct information in the packet header.
A fourth synchronization point, available only in H.264 bitstreams, is Network Adaptation Layer Unit (NALU) level synchronization. In an H.264 bitstream, macroblocks are grouped together by NALUs. NALUs that belong to one frame can be sent in any order. This requires that the H.264 decoder be able to synchronize at the NALU level. As with GOBs, each lost NALU affects only part of the picture.
The most commonly used synchronization point is the start of a frame. Using no other synchronization points can result in needing to patch almost an entire frame if an error is detected near the beginning of a frame. Consequently, additional synchronization points should be used when feasible. Because macroblock level re-synchronization is considered unreliable, the best choice for H.261 and H.263 systems is GOB level re-synchronization. For H.264, NALU level synchronization is preferred.
In either case, before decoding a frame, all macroblocks are marked as "lost" macroblocks. As the frame is decoded, each successfully decoded macroblock is changed from a lost macroblock to a "good" macroblock. In this context, "macroblock" refers to a region of pixels in the decoder reference frame (which corresponds to a particular region on the display).
Because the immediate detection of errors is uncertain, when a bitstream error is detected, all macroblocks decoded since the last synchronization point are suspect and should be re-marked as lost. A technique for reducing the number of macroblocks that need to be marked as lost in such a situation is described below. Once the entire frame has been decoded, all macroblocks that remain marked as lost must be reconstructed. The following pseudo-code describes how to reconstruct these "lost" macroblocks in an inter frame.
if (the Nth MB is lost)
set CurrentMBInfo = Nth MBInfo of the previous frame
if ((CurrentMBInfo->MBType is INTER) &&
(CurrentMBInfo->ReferenceFrameNum is the most recent frame))
set MotionVectors of CurrentMB =
the MotionVectors of the Nth MB of previous frame;
set Coefficients of CurrentMB = no coefficient;
MotionComp (CurrentMB);
else // if the MBType is INTRA or the prediction frame is not the
most recent
Copy MB from the previous frame;
} while (++N < Total Number of MBs in a Frame)
The operations performed by this pseudo-code can be summarized as follows. The routine steps through the macroblocks of a frame. If a macroblock is lost, the macroblock information, e.g., whether the macroblock was inter or intra coded and what the motion vectors were if inter coded, is set to the value of the corresponding macroblock from the previous frame. (A codec might also retain other information about the macroblock, but this is not required in the context of the present invention.) If the current macroblock is an inter coded macroblock and the reference frame is the most recent frame, the motion vectors of the current macroblock are set to those of the corresponding macroblock from the prior frame and the coefficients of the current macroblock are set to zero. Then the macroblock is reconstructed using the motion compensation algorithm, and the block is essentially extrapolated from the prior frame by extending the motion compensation.
Alternatively, if the current macroblock is intra coded or if the prediction frame is not the most recent frame, then the entire macroblock is copied from the corresponding macroblock in the previous frame. Thus no reconstruction is performed on intra coded frames. When a bitstream error is detected while decoding an intra frame, the decoder freezes the display and requests a fast update. The reason for this is that in the normal case, an intra frame is sent only in one of three circumstances: (1) at the beginning of a call, (2) when the source has changed, or (3) when the encoding resolution has changed. The decoder must have this intra frame to establish a valid resolution and a valid reference frame.
The reconstruction described above works fairly well on lost macroblocks, but the reference macroblocks used by the decoder are different from what the encoder used as a reference frame in encoding the block. This divergence gets worse over time. Therefore, an intra update for the reconstructed macroblocks is required. This can be achieved in two ways. In one approach, the decoder sends the encoder a full frame fast update request. This requires no changes to the typical encoder. Alternatively, the intra update for the reconstructed macroblocks may be implemented using intra walk around on the encoder. This mechanism is described below and requires some simple changes on the encoder.
Although a full frame fast update is visually disturbing, it is available on all existing encoders. To make the decoder independent of whether the encoder is able to turn on intra walk around, the following mechanism can be used to ensure that no full frame intra request is sent if the encoder is intra walk around capable and intra walk around is enabled. When a macroblock is marked as lost, a time is recorded for that macroblock. When a macroblock is updated in intra mode, the timestamp is reset. At the end of each frame, timestamps for all macroblocks are checked. If any macroblock has been marked as "lost" for more than N seconds, a full frame fast update request is sent to the far end encoder. If the encoder is implementing intra walk around, the macroblock should have been updated during the N second period, and no full frame fast update will be required.
The intra walk around speed on the encoder, if implemented, should be derived from N so that when the encoder does send the walk around, the decoder will not request fast update. N should preferably reflect the type of video stream, i.e., resolution and frame rate, being encoded. For example, high resolution, low frame rate video, such as would be used to transmit a computer presentation should have a relatively higher N value, possibly on the order of 20 seconds. Alternatively, for lower resolution, higher frame rate video, such as would be sued to transmit video of people in a videoconference, N should have a relatively higher value, preferably on the order of about 10 seconds. To ensure that not too many fast update requests are sent, a timer is started with period M seconds when the first fast update request is sent. During the timer period, no additional fast update requests are sent. M should be tuned for optimal system performance, and it is believed that a value of 10 produces optimal results.
A preferable approach is to have an intra walk around (or equivalent update process) capable encoder. Intra walk around is a process whereby the encoder picks a few macroblocks per frame to be coded as intra macroblocks. Each frame different macroblocks are selected so that over a period of time all macroblocks in the frame will be intra coded at least once. The process then repeats continually. A basic summary of the technique is as follows.
Define the period of time needed to code each macroblock of the frame as T. The number of intra coded macroblocks per frame (Nintra) is then Nmb/(Fr*T), where Nmb is the total number of macroblocks per frame and Fr is the nominal frame rate for a given bitrate. The frame rate can either be obtained dynamically from tuning routines, or it can be statically defined for a given bitrate. If the frame rate is calculated dynamically, it is important that the frame rate value be changed only after a full frame walk around.
As an example, the nominal frame rate for a 384 kbps CIF call is 15. (Compact intermediate format corresponds to a resolution of 352�288 luminance pixels.) The walk around period T is set to 10 seconds to match decoder expectation for the intra walk around. Then Nintra=396/(15*10)=2.64. Rounding up to the nearest integer, the number of macroblocks to be intra coded per frame is 3.
In H.264, the intra walk around macroblocks should be coded so they are independent of the reference frames. This means that they can not use any inter macroblocks as a basis for their prediction so they must be coded as constrained intra. Details of intra walk around in H.264 are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/799,829 by John Sievers entitled, "Improved Intra Block Walk Around Refresh for H.264," which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
Another encoder enhancement that will help the decoder re-synchronize is to send a few GOB headers per frame. As noted above, in H.263 systems it is not required to send GOB headers, and many encoders eliminate these bits to reduce overhead and improve the data rate. For purposes of the enhancement described herein, it is not necessary to send all of the GOB headers. On IP networks, almost all bit stream errors are due to packet loss. Therefore, only the first sync point in any packet can provide a significant benefit. To minimize the number of bits that would be skipped in any packet following a lost packet, the sync point should be as close to the beginning of the packet as possible. If more than one GOB begins in any one packet, the best place for a GOB header is at the beginning of the first of these GOBs. It is not required that the packet boundaries correspond to the GOB boundaries.
As noted above, immediate detection of bitstream errors is not always possible, so when an error is detected, it is generally desirable to assume that all macroblocks received since the prior synchronization point are lost. Going back to the previous synchronization point is the only way to be sure that no "bad" macroblocks are displayed without proper concealment. Although this approach is safe, it is not particularly efficient because some good macroblocks may be marked as lost. If the decoder can detect the error immediately where it occurs, then all the decoded macroblocks can be considered good. Thus, the decoder will not have to trace back to the previous synchronization point, and the impact caused by a bitstream error will be more confined. (For H.261 and H.263, the synchronization points are the GOB headers. For H.264, the synchronization points are NALU boundaries.)
In an H.320 call, the H.261/H.263 bits are sent as 512-bit frames. Each frame consists of a synchronization bit, a flag indicating whether the frame is fill or real data, 492 payload bits, and an 18-bit code used for error detection and correction. Using the 18-bit code at the end, an error often can be detected and sometimes even corrected. Although the code sometimes erroneously thinks that there were not any errors or that any errors were corrected, it frequently knows that there are uncorrected errors in the frame. If the data link code discards or just passes along a frame known to have uncorrected errors, the video decoder might not realize immediately that an error has occurred. Until it does, the decoder will apply updates to the reference frame, generally corrupting the reference frame in the process.
It would be much better for the decoder to receive bits that are obviously wrong so that the decoder knows not to corrupt the reference frame with these erroneous bits. For this reason, when the data link layer knows there are uncorrected errors in the frame, it should replace the frame by a sequence of bits which the video decoder will know are in error. This monitoring of the data link layer could reside in any number of network components located between the endpoints, including, for example, a bridge, gateway, or multi-point control unit (MCU). Because the device discovering the bitstream error may be a network device without a video encoder/decoder, it is preferable that the data link code not be required to know what video encoding standard is being used. It is therefore desirable to have one sequence that works for H.261, H.263, and H.264.
One such sequence is illustrated in
For H.261 bitstreams, having so many zeros at the beginning ensures that the decoder will detect an error unless it is expecting to encounter a picture or GOB start code. After getting past the first 48 zeros, the decoder will encounter at least 15 more zeros, a one and four zeros, which comprise a Picture Start Code. The next 12 zeros will be taken as the rest of the picture header. (The last bit of PTYPE should be a one, but not all decoders will check that bit because of some codecs long ago that sent the wrong bit.) At this point, the decoder will be expecting to find a GOB Start Code, which is 15 zeros and a one. Instead, it will find only 6 zeros before the one, so the codec will detect another error. The decoder will search for synchronization using the 22 zeros. After skipping the first 7 bits, it will find 15 zeros and a one, which comprise a GOB start code. It will then encounter "0111", indicating a GOB number of seven. After this is the 5-bit GQUANT value. A GQUANT of zero is illegal, so the decoder will detect another error. There are no other strings of zeros in here that are long enough to be mistaken for a picture or GOB start code.
In H.263, having so many zeros at the beginning ensures that the decoder will detect an error unless it is expecting to encounter a picture, GOB, or slice start code. After getting past the first 47 zeros, the decoder will encounter 16 zeros, a one and five zeros, which comprise a Picture Start Code. The ninth bit after this is expected to be a one, but the decoder will encounter a zero, so it will detect an error. The decoder will search for synchronization using the 22 zeros. After skipping the first 6 bits, it will find 16 zeros and a one, which comprise a GOB or slice start code. The next 5 bits, "01110" indicate a GOB number of 14. The next 4 bits will be used for the GOB Sub-bitstream Indicator (GSBI) and GOB Frame ID (GFID). Following them is the 5-bit GQUANT value. A value of zero is illegal, so the decoder will detect another error. There are no other strings of zeros in here that are long enough to be mistaken for a picture, slice or GOB start code.
Finally, using an H.264 decoder, after the first 32 bits, the sequence has 31 zeros and a one, which comprise a sync code. The decoder will detect an error if this sync code does not match the expected alignment. In any case, it will set its alignment expectation according to this sync code. It will then encounter the three bytes 0, 0, 2 (22 zero bits, a one and a zero), which are an illegal sequence. The decoder will not encounter any more sync codes in this bit stream.
In an H.323 video call, each packet contains a sequence number. Using these sequence numbers, it is possible to determine whether any packets have been lost. Because each H.264 NALU fits in one packet and contains sufficient contextual information, it is not necessary to inform the video decoder about missing packets. For H.261 and H.263, it is desirable to replace any missing packet or sequence of packets by an invalid sequence of bits, so the video decoder will not misinterpret the bits in the next packet. Because the packet header indicates what compression algorithm is in use, it is not necessary to use a bit sequence that is invalid for all the algorithms, although it is possible to use such a sequence. It is generally preferred to use a sequence targeted at the compression algorithm in use. Some examples of suitable sequences are described below.
One such invalid sequence suitable for use with H.261 is illustrated in
Another such sequence suitable for use with H.263 is illustrated in
The invention has been explained herein with reference to exemplary embodiments. It will be evident to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made thereto without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the invention. Further, although the invention has been described in the context of its implementation in particular environments and for particular applications, those skilled in the art will recognize that the present invention's usefulness is not limited thereto and that the invention can be beneficially utilized in any number of environments and implementations. The foregoing description and drawings are, accordingly, to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense.
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We were interested in making music that would be more integral in the movie, just as a mental exercise. And there's an anthem that runs throughout the books, the national anthem of the fascist Capitol. So as a thought experiment, we tried to write what that might sound like. It's like the Capitol's idea of itself, basically. It's not a pop song or anything -- more of an anthem that could be playing at a big sporting event like the Games. So we did a structure for that, and then James Newton Howard made a movie-score version of it that happens in several places in the film.
Butler is not far off, as fans expecting more Montreal indie pop will be surprised by how much this sounds like a legit national anthem. Check it out here.
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