Channel protection for H.264 compression in transportation video surveillance applications

E. Soyak*, S. A. Tsaftaris, A. K. Katsaggelos

*Corresponding author for this work

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3 Scopus citations

Abstract

The compression of video and subsequent partial loss of the compressed bitstream can dramatically reduce the accuracy of automated tracking algorithms. This is problematic for centralized applications such as transportation surveillance systems, where remotely captured and compressed video is transmitted over lossy wireless links to a central location for tracking. We propose a low-complexity method for protecting compressed video against channel loss such that the tracking accuracy of decoded and concealed video is maximized. Our algorithm leverages a previous method of video processing that removes components of low tracking interest before compression to minimize bitrate, and uses some of the bitrate savings to introduce redundancy into the transmitted bitstream to reduce the probability of information loss. We show using a common tracker and loss concealment algorithm that our system allows for up to 100% increased tracking accuracy at a given bitrate, or 90% bitrate savings for comparable tracking quality.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationICIP 2011
Subtitle of host publication2011 18th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing
Pages2237-2240
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 18th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2011 - Brussels, Belgium
Duration: Sep 11 2011Sep 14 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
ISSN (Print)1522-4880

Other

Other2011 18th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2011
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityBrussels
Period9/11/119/14/11

Keywords

  • Transportation video tracking
  • packet loss
  • video compression
  • wireless channel

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Signal Processing

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