Advances in Multimedia Information Processing {u2014} PCM 2002 Third IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia Hsinchu, Taiwan, December 16{u2013}18, 2002 Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia, PCM 2002, held in Hsinchu, Taiwan in December 2002. The 154 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 224 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on mobile multimedia, digitial watermarking and data hiding, motion analysis, mulitmedia retrieval techniques, image processing, mulitmedia security, image coding, mulitmedia learning, audio signal processing, wireless multimedia streaming, multimedia systems in the Internet, distance education and multimedia, Internet security, computer graphics and virtual reality, object tracking, face analysis, and MPEG-4. Leveraging Information Appliances: A Browser Architecture Perspective in the Mobile Multimedia Age....Pages 1-8 Seamless Service Handoff for Ubiquitous Mobile Multimedia....Pages 9-16 Design of Secure Mobile Application on Cellular Phones....Pages 17-24 Ubiquitous Displays for Cellular Phone Based Personal Information Environments....Pages 25-32 Context-Aware Service Delivery to Mobile Users....Pages 33-40 The Design and Implementation of Network Service Platform for Pervasive Computing....Pages 41-49 Improved Error Detection Method for Real-Time Video Communication Using Fragile Watermarking....Pages 50-57 Digital Geographical Map Watermarking Using Polyline Interpolation....Pages 58-65 Watermarking MPEG-4 2D Mesh Animation in Multiresolution Analysis....Pages 66-73 Rotation, Scaling, and Translation Resilient Image Watermarking with Side Information at Encoder....Pages 74-81 A High Capacity Data Hiding Scheme Based on DFT....Pages 82-88 An Algorithm for Data Hiding Using Median Cut Segmentation....Pages 89-96 An Optimized Spatial Data Hiding Scheme Combined with Convolutional Codes and Hilbert Scan....Pages 97-104 Research on Technology of Chaos Secrecy Communications in Digital Watermarking....Pages 105-111 EFBLA: A Two-Phase Matching Algorithm for Fast Motion Estimation....Pages 112-119 A New Adaptive Return Prediction Search Algorithm for Block Matching....Pages 120-126 A 2-Stage Partial Distortion Search Algorithm for Block Motion Estimation....Pages 127-134 A Fast Block-Matching Motion Estimation Algorithm with Motion Modeling and Motion Analysis....Pages 135-142 Video Coding Using Supplementary Block for Reliable Communication....Pages 143-150 A Robust, Efficient, and Fast Global Motion Estimation Method from MPEG Compressed Video....Pages 151-158 Querying Image Database by Video Content....Pages 159-166 An ICA-Based Illumination-Free Texture Model and Its Application to Image Retrieval....Pages 167-174 A Novel Hierarchical Approach to Image Retrieval Using Color and Spatial Information....Pages 175-182 A Semantic Model for Video Description and Retrieval....Pages 183-190 A Texture Segmentation Method Using Hierarchical Correlations of Wavelet Coefficients....Pages 191-199 An Abstraction of Low Level Video Features for Automatic Retrievals of Explosion Scenes....Pages 200-208 A Region-Based Image Retrieval System Using Salient Point Extraction and Image Segmentation....Pages 209-216 Effects of Codebook Sizes, Codeword Dimensions, and Colour Spaces on Retrieval Performance of Image Retrieval Using Vector Quantization....Pages 217-228 A Stochastic Model for Content-Based Image Retrieval....Pages 229-236 Audio Retrieval with Fast Relevance Feedback Based on Constrained Fuzzy Clustering and Stored Index Table....Pages 237-244 Semi-automatic Video Content Annotation....Pages 245-252 Shot Classification of Sports Video Based on Features in Motion Vector Field....Pages 253-260 Movie Content Retrieval and Semi-automatic Annotation Based on Low-Level Descriptions....Pages 261-270 An Index Model for MPEG-2 Streams....Pages 271-278 MORF: A Distributed Multimodal Information Filtering System....Pages 279-286 Personalization of Interactive News through J2EE, XML, XSLT, and SMIL in a Web-Based Multimedia Content Management System....Pages 287-294 Deploy Multimedia-on-Demand Services over ADSL Networks....Pages 295-302 An Experiment on Generic Image Classi.cation Using Web Images....Pages 303-310 An Authoring Tool Generating Various Video Abstractions Semi-automatically....Pages 311-318 Motion Activity Based Semantic Video Similarity Retrieval....Pages 319-327 Content-Based Audio Classification with Generalized Ellipsoid Distance....Pages 328-335 A Motion-Aided Video Shot Segmentation Algorithm....Pages 336-343 MPEG IPMP Concepts and Implementation....Pages 344-352 A Visual Model for Estimating Perceptual Redundancy Inherent in Color Image....Pages 353-360 Simultaneous Color Clipping and Luminance Preserving for High Quality Entertainment Movie Coding....Pages 361-368 A Dynamic Color Palette for Color Images Coding....Pages 369-376 A Two-Stage Switching-Based Median Filter....Pages 377-385 A Fast and Efficient Noise Reduction Method Suitable for Low Noise Density....Pages 386-392 A Cross-Type Peak-and-Valley Filter for Error Prevention and Resilience in Image Communications....Pages 393-400 Adaptive-Hierarchical-Filtering Technique for Image Enhancement....Pages 401-408 A Design Method for Compactly Supported Sampling Function Generator....Pages 409-416 A Smooth Interpolation Method for Nonuniform Samples Based on Sampling Functions Composed of Piecewise Polynomials....Pages 417-424 Motion Vector Based Error Concealment Algorithms....Pages 425-433 A New Steganalysis Approach Based on Both Complexity Estimate and Statistical Filter....Pages 434-441 Quantization Watermarking Schemes for MPEG-4 General Audio Coding....Pages 442-450 Asymptotic Analyses of Visual Distortions: A New Approach to Defining Transparency....Pages 451-459 An Information Hiding Technique for Binary Images in Consideration of Printing Process....Pages 460-467 Image Watermarking Synchronization by Significant MSB Plane Matching....Pages 468-476 Secure Watermark Verification Scheme....Pages 477-484 A Foveation-Based Rate Shaping Mechanism for MPEG Videos....Pages 485-492 A Stereo Image Coding Using Hierarchical Basis....Pages 493-501 A Method on Tracking Unit Pixel Width Line Segments for Function Approximation-Based Image Coding....Pages 502-509 Object Assisted Video Coding for Video Conferencing System....Pages 510-517 Inter-subband Redundancy Prediction Using Neural Network for Video Coding....Pages 518-525 Building the Software Infrastructure for Smart Classroom: From Open Agent Architecture (OAA) to Smart Platform....Pages 526-533 Self-Guided Adaptive and Interactive Hypermedia Courseware System....Pages 534-539 Combining Hybrid Media Tools for Web-Based Education....Pages 540-547 X-WALTZ: The Framework of an Interactive Multimedia Math E-learning....Pages 548-555 Hybrid Learning Schemes for Multimedia Information Retrieval....Pages 556-563 Lecturer Position Detection for Distribution System Using High Resolution Partial Images....Pages 564-572 Boosting Speech/Non-speech Classi.cation Using Averaged Mel-Frequency Cepstrum Coefficients Features....Pages 573-580 Statistical Analysis of Musical Instruments....Pages 581-588 Text-to-Visual Speech Synthesis for General Objects Using Parameter-Based Lip Models....Pages 589-597 Speaker Verification from Coded Telephone Speech Using Stochastic Feature Transformation and Handset Identification....Pages 598-606 Recognition of Visual Speech Elements Using Hidden Markov Models....Pages 607-614 Robust and Inaudible Multi-echo Audio Watermarking....Pages 615-622 Kernel-Based Probabilistic Neural Networks with Integrated Scoring Normalization for Speaker Verification....Pages 623-630 An On-the-Fly Mandarin Singing Voice Synthesis System....Pages 631-638 Popular Song Retrieval Based on Singing Matching....Pages 639-646 Improving Audio Watermark Robustness Using Stretched Patterns against Geometric Distortion....Pages 647-654 A Digital Audio Watermarking Using Two Masking Effects....Pages 655-662 On the Possibility of Only Using Long Windows in MPEG-2 AAC Coding....Pages 663-670 A Call Admission Control Algorithm Based on Stochastic Performance Bound for Wireless Networks....Pages 671-679 Management of Multiple Mobile Routers for Continuous Multimedia in Mobile WLANs....Pages 680-687 VoIP Quality Evaluation in Mobile Wireless Networks....Pages 688-695 Connection Removal Algorithms for Multimedia CDMA Wireless Networks....Pages 696-703 Integration of GPRS and Wireless LANs with Multimedia Applications....Pages 704-711 Adaptive Multimedia System Architecture for Improving QoS inWireless Networks....Pages 712-719 A New Improvement of JPEG Progressive Image Transmission Using Weight Table of Quantized DCT Coefficient Bits....Pages 720-728 MediaView : A Semantic View Mechanism for Multimedia Modeling....Pages 729-736 The Connection between Pyramidal Algorithm and Wavelet Series....Pages 737-742 A Hybrid Motion Data Manipulation: Wavelet Based Motion Processing and Spacetime Rectification....Pages 743-750 Foreground Segmentation Using Motion Vectors in Sports Video....Pages 751-758 Color Image Segmentation Using Anisotropic Diffusion and Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering....Pages 759-766 Extraction of Text Regions and Recognition of Characters from Video Inputs....Pages 767-774 Target Tracking via Region-Based Confidence Computation with the CNN-UM....Pages 775-782 Improved Scheme for Object Searching Using Moment Invariants....Pages 783-790 Segmenting People in Meeting Videos Using Mixture Background and Object Models....Pages 791-798 A Framework for Background Detection in Video....Pages 799-805 High Speed Road Boundary Detection with CNN-Based Dynamic Programming....Pages 806-813 A New Error Resilient Coding Scheme for H.263 Video Transmission....Pages 814-822 A Bit-Plane Coding Scheme of MPEG-4 FGS with High Efficiency Based on the Distribution of Significant Coefficients....Pages 823-830 A VBR Rate Control Using MINMAX Criterion for Video Streaming....Pages 831-838 Implementation of Real-Time MPEG-4 FGS Encoder....Pages 839-846 MPEG-4 Video Streaming with Drift-Compensated Bitstream Switching....Pages 847-855 Flexible and Efficient Switching Techniques between Scalable Video Bitstreams....Pages 856-864 Robust Video Transmission Using RSE-Code-Based FEC....Pages 865-872 A Peer-to-Peer Communication System....Pages 873-879 A Project Management Model for Multimedia System Development....Pages 880-887 TCP-Friendly Congestion Control Algorithm on Self-Similar Traffic Network....Pages 888-895 Adaptive Call Admission Control for Mobile Multimedia Network....Pages 896-903 Providing Multimedia Traffic with Predictability....Pages 904-911 Dynamic Service Extensibility through Programmable Network in a Mobility Context....Pages 912-919 The Adaptive Feedback Scheduling Framework for Streaming VBR Videos with Wireless ATM ABR Service....Pages 920-927 Support Vector Machine Learning for Music Discrimination....Pages 928-935 Dynamic Network Adaptation Framework Employing Layered Relative Priority Index for Adaptive Video Delivery....Pages 936-943 Peer-to-Peer Support for File Transfer and Caching Mechanism....Pages 944-951 Exact and Heuristic Algorithms for Multi-constrained Path Selection Problem....Pages 952-959 W-CoSIM (Web-Based Hardware-Software CoSimulator) - A Design-Time Simulation Tool for Estimating the Performance of Online Multimedia Applications....Pages 960-967 Distance Education Based on a Multimedia Mix Provided by a Virtual Organization....Pages 968-975 Media-on-Demand for Agent-Based Collaborative Tutoring Systems on the Web....Pages 976-984 Design a Web-Based Assessment Tool with Multiple Presentation Styles for Language Training....Pages 985-992 Design and Development of a Multimedia Interactive Lab for Distance Learning Applications in the WWW....Pages 993-1000 The System Resource Management in a Distributed Web-Based E-learning Platform....Pages 1001-1008 The Design and Implementation of a Web-Based Discovery-Based Instruction Model....Pages 1009-1016 A Quantitative Assessment Method with Course Design Model for Distance Learning....Pages 1017-1024 On (In)security of “A Robust Image Authentication Method”....Pages 1025-1032 A Software Protection System for Internet Commerce....Pages 1033-1040 Design of a New Cryptography System....Pages 1041-1048 Texture Extraction and Blending without Prior Knowledge of Lighting Conditions....Pages 1049-1056 Sharp and Dense Disparity Maps Using Multiple Windows....Pages 1057-1064 Interpolation of CT Slices for 3-D Visualization by Maximum Intensity Projections....Pages 1065-1072 Responsive Transmission of 3D Scenes over Internet....Pages 1073-1079 Using Intel Streaming SIMD Extensions for 3D Geometry Processing....Pages 1080-1087 Multimodal Gumdo Game: The Whole Body Interaction with an Intelligent Cyber Fencer....Pages 1088-1095 An Enhanced Transmission Service with 3-Priority Queue Management for Real-Time Interaction in Virtual World....Pages 1096-1104 Enhancing 3D Graphics on Mobile Devices by Image-Based Rendering....Pages 1105-1111 A Guided Interaction Approach for Architectural Design in a Table-Type VR Environment....Pages 1112-1119 A Gaze-Direction Controlled Wavelet Packet Based Image Coder....Pages 1120-1127 Qualitative Camera Motion Classification for Content-Based Video Indexing....Pages 1128-1136 Feature-Based Object Tracking with an Active Camera....Pages 1137-1144 A Depth Measurement System Associated with a Mono-camera and a Rotating Mirror....Pages 1145-1152 Human Behavior Recognition for an Intelligent Video Production System....Pages 1153-1160 A Robust Algorithm for Video Based Human Motion Tracking....Pages 1161-1168 Estimating Head Pose from Spherical Image for VR Environment....Pages 1169-1176 An Efficient Algorithm for Detecting Faces from Color Images....Pages 1177-1184 An Illumination-Insensitive Face Matching Algorithm....Pages 1185-1192 Facial Expression Analysis under Various Head Poses....Pages 1193-1200 Region-of-Interest Video Coding Based on Face Detection....Pages 1201-1211 An Error Resilient Scheme for MPEG-4 FGS Video over Packet Erasure Channel That Exhibits Graceful Degradation....Pages 1212-1220 MPEG4 Compatible Video Browsing and Retrieval over Low Bitrate Channel....Pages 1221-1226 Multiple Granularity Access to Navigated Hypermedia Documents Using Temporal Meta-information....Pages 1227-1234 Authoring Temporal Scenarios in Interactive MPEG-4 Contents....Pages 1235-1242 Implementation of Live Video Transmission in MPEG-4 3D Scene....Pages 1243-1250