Neural Networks For Visual Telephony

A. M. Gottlieb; J. Alspector; P. Huang; T. Russell Hsing

doi:10.1117/12.969057

25 October 1988 Neural Networks For Visual Telephony

A. M. Gottlieb, J. Alspector, P. Huang, T. Russell Hsing

Proceedings Volume 1001, Visual Communications and Image Processing '88: Third in a Series; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.969057
Event: Visual Communications and Image Processing III, 1988, Cambridge, MA, United States

Abstract

By considering how an image is processed by the eye and brain, we may find ways to simplify the task of transmitting complex video images over a telecommunication channel. Just as the retina and visual cortex reduce the amount of information sent to other areas of the brain, electronic systems can be designed to compress visual data, encode features, and adapt to new scenes for video transmission. In this talk, we describe a system inspired by models of neural computation that may, in the future, augment standard digital processing techniques for image compression. In the next few years it is expected that a compact low-cost full motion video telephone operating over an ISDN basic access line (144 KBits/sec) will be shown to be feasible. These systems will likely be based on a standard digital signal processing approach. In this talk, we discuss an alternative method that does not use standard digital signal processing but instead uses eletronic neural networks to realize the large compression necessary for a low bit-rate video telephone. This neural network approach is not being advocated as a near term solution for visual telephony. However, low bit rate visual telephony is an area where neural network technology may, in the future, find a significant application.

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A. M. Gottlieb, J. Alspector, P. Huang, and T. Russell Hsing "Neural Networks For Visual Telephony", Proc. SPIE 1001, Visual Communications and Image Processing '88: Third in a Series, (25 October 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.969057

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