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- Dynamic Motion Vector Refreshing For Enhanced Error Resilience In HevcPublication . Carreira, J.; Silva, V. de; Ekmekcioglu, E.; Kondoz, A.; Assuncao, P.; Faria, S.The high level of compression efficiency achieved by HEVC coding techniques decreases the error resilience performance under error prone conditions. This paper addresses the error resiliency of the HEVC standard, focusing on the new motion estimation tools. It is shown that the temporal dependency of motion information is comparatively higher than that in the H.264/AVC standard, causing an increase in the error propagation. Based on this evidence, this paper proposes a method to make intelligent use of temporal motion vector (MV) candidates during the motion estimation process, in order to decrease the temporal dependency, and improve the error resiliency without penalising the rate-distortion performance. The simulation results show that the proposed method improves the error resilience under tested conditions by increasing the video quality by up to 1.7 dB in average, compared to the reference method that always enables temporal MV candidates.
- Efficient MV prediction for zonal search in video transcodingPublication . Marcelino, S.; Faria, S.; Assunção, P.; Moiron, S.; Ghanbari, M.This paper proposes a method to efficiently find motion vector predictions for zonal search motion re-estimation in fast video transcoders. The motion information extracted from the incoming video stream is processed to generate accurate motion vector predictions for transcoding with reduced complexity. Our results demonstrate that motion vector predictions computed by the proposed method outperform those generated by the highly efficient EPZS (Enhanced Predictive Zonal Search) algorithm in H.264/AVC transcoders. The computational complexity is reduced up to 59.6% at negligible cost in R-D performance. The proposed method can be useful in multimedia systems and applications using any type of transcoder, such as transrating and/or spatial resolution downsizing.
- Enhancement method for multiple description decoding of depth maps subject to random lossPublication . P. Correia; Marcelino, S.; Assuncao, P.; Faria, S.; S. Soares; C. Pagliari; E. da SilvaThis paper proposes a method to improve the quality of depth maps transmitted in multiple descriptions through multipath error prone networks. Whenever a single description is lost, the remaining ones are still able to provide a coarsely decoded version of the depth map. While in multiple description video, such coarse decoding is still acceptable for display, in the case of depth maps the additional decoding distortion propagates through the corresponding view synthesis. The proposed method is capable of enhancing low quality depth maps decoded from one single description, based on geometric information available in coarsely decoded slices, combined with higher quality depth values in adjacent slices decoded from both descriptions. In comparison with existing MDC decoders, the enhancement method achieves quality gains in synthesised views up to 1.69dB for packet loss rates of 10%.
- Frame loss concealment for 3D video decoders based on disparity-compensated motion fieldPublication . Carreira, J.; Assunção, P.; Rodrigues, N.; Faria, S.This paper addresses the problem of frame loss concealment in 3D video decoders capable of handling stereoscopic views compliant with H.264/MVC. A joint motion-disparity compensation method is proposed to fully recover an estimated motion field for the lost frame in stereoscopic video, by using a combination of inter-view disparity-compensated motion vectors and intra-view motion extrapolation. The overall motion field is estimated from both the motion information of the co-located view, through disparity compensation, and neighboring frames of the same view, through motion vector extrapolation. The results show that the proposed method outperforms currently used methods such as frame-copy and motion-copy. In video sequences, average PSNR gains up to 1.6 dB are obtained over motion-copy, while for individual frames a maximum of 5 dB is achieved.
- A new Profibus-DP interface for CERN's sputter ion pump controllersPublication . Roda, M.; Mendes, L.; Gomes, P.; Pigny, G.; Faria, S.This paper proposes an improvement on the read-out and networking of the sputter ion pump (VPI) controllers, used in CERN accelerators for ultra-high vacuum pumping and measurement. The vacuum control systems are built around PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers), which communicate through Profibus with several distributed IO-stations. The VPI controllers are connected to these stations via individual and simple cabling. A new Profibus-DP slave interface was developed, to be embedded in the VPI controllers, in order to enhance remote access and to reduce cabling complexity. This paper presents the developed hardware and software, together with the corresponding assessment tests.
- Predictive models for physical and mechanical properties of 316L stainless steel produced by selective laser meltingPublication . Miranda, G.; Faria, S.; Bartolomeu, F.; Pinto, Elodie; Madeira, S.; Mateus, Artur; P.Carreira; Alves, Nuno; Silva, F.S.; Carvalho, O.Selective Laser Melting (SLM) processing parameters are known to greatly influence 316L stainless steel final properties. A simple energy density calculation is insufficient for explaining mechanical and physical properties as well as microstructural characteristics, which are known to significantly influence these parts performance. In fact, parts produced by using different combinations of processing parameters, even presenting similar energy density, can display different properties. Thus, it is necessary to assess their influence as isolated parameters but also their interactions. This work presents a study on the influence of several SLM processing parameters (laser power, scanning speed and scanning spacing) on density, hardness and shear strength of 316L stainless steel. The influence of these processing parameters on the abovementioned properties is assessed by using statistical analysis. In order to find the significant main factors and their interactions, analysis of variance (ANOVA) is used. Furthermore, in order to assess the effect of the part building orientation, two different building strategies were tested. The influence of these processing parameters on shear strength, hardness and density were assessed for the two building strategies, thus resulting six different models that can be used as predictive design tools. The microstructures experimentally obtained were analyzed, discussed and correlated with the obtained models.
- Predictive models for physical and mechanical properties of Ti6Al4V produced by Selective Laser MeltingPublication . Bartolomeu, F.; Faria, S.; Carvalho, O.; Pinto, E.; Alves, Nuno; Silva, F.S.; Miranda, G.The properties of parts produced by Selective Laser Melting (SLM) are highly influenced by the processing parameters. The calculation of the energy density is not enough for justifying the mechanical and physical properties, and understand the microstructures of Ti6Al4V samples produced by SLM. In fact, samples produced with the same energy density, but with different processing parameters, present distinct properties. In this sense, it is necessary to assess the influence of processing parameters on SLM fabrication, as isolated parameters but also their interactions. This work presents a study on the influence of several SLM processing parameters (laser power, scan speed and scan spacing) on density, hardness and shear strength of Ti6Al4V samples. The influence of these processing parameters on the final properties of SLM parts was obtained by using statistical analysis. Additionality, with the drive of finding the significant main factors and their interactions, analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed. The influence of the above mentioned processing parameters on shear strength, hardness and density resulted in three models that can be used as predictive design tools for Ti6Al4V parts produced by SLM technology. Moreover, a study on the microstructures of the Ti6Al4V samples was performed and correlated with the obtained models.
- Quality evaluation of depth map error concealment using a perceptually-aware objective metricPublication . Marcelino, S.; Faria, S.; Pepion, R.; Le Callet, P.; Soares, S.; Assunção, P.This paper presents a quality evaluation study on the performance of error concealment methods for depth maps used in multiview video-plus-depth (MVD). The research deals with the problem of decoding corrupted depth maps received from error-prone networks, where the quality of the reconstructed depth data is not always directly related to the quality of the virtual views synthesised by those maps. Even after error concealment such distortions are not particularly perceived as other known types, such as coding distortion. Thus, traditional quality metrics are not adequate to capture all the relevant features. In this work, the performance of two error concealment methods for depth maps is evaluated using a perceptually-aware objective metric. This metric is validated through subjective assessment of virtual views synthesised with concealed depth maps. Each subjective test is performed by comparing the relative quality between between two synthesised images using different error concealment methods. The perceptual impact of reconstruction in corrupted depth of MVD is evaluated under various loss rates, using several colour images and depth maps encoded at multiple quantisation steps. The achieved results reveal that the proposed objective quality metric is mostly inline with user preferences, in respect to the relative performance of each error concealment method.
- Reference picture selection using checkerboard pattern for resilient video codingPublication . Carreira, J.; Assunção, P.; Faria, S.; Ekmekcioglu, E.; Kondoz, A.; Lim, H.The improved compression efficiency achieved by the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard has the counter-effect of decreasing error resilience in transmission over error-prone channels. To increase the error resilience of HEVC streams, this paper proposes a checkerboard reference picture selection method in order to reduce the prediction mismatch at the decoder in case of frame losses. The proposed approach not only allows to reduce the error propagation at the decoder, but also enhances the quality of reconstructed frames by selectively constraining the choice of reference pictures used for temporal prediction. The underlying approach is to increase the amount of accurate temporal information at the decoder when transmission errors occur, to improve the video quality by using an efficient combination of diverse motion fields. The proposed method compensates for the small loss of coding efficiency at frame loss rates as low as 3%. For a single frame-loss event the proposed method can achieve up to 2 dB of gain in the affected frames and an average quality gain of 0.84 dB for different error prone conditions.
- Selective motion vector redundancies for improved error resilience in HEVCPublication . Carreira, J.; Ekmekcioglu, E; Kondoz, A.; Assuncao, P.; Faria, S.; Silva, V. DeThis paper addresses the problem caused by motion vector coding dependencies on the error resilience performance of the emergent High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard. We propose a method based on the prediction dependency of motion vectors (MV) to select the most relevant ones for redundant coding with reduced overhead. The spatial dependencies are analysed in the encoder to prioritise the MVs that should be selected for redundancy, based on the number of subsequent dependent coding units. Then, a subset of prioritised MVs is transmitted as redundancy (referred to as side information in the paper), to reduce the use and propagation of mismatched MV predictions in case of transmission errors or data loss. The simulation results show that the proposed MV selection method can effectively identify the most relevant motion field, achieving improved error robustness with a reduced redundancy overhead. Exploiting only 30% of the generated MVs for redundancy, average quality gains of up to 1 dB are achieved compared to a uniform MV selection scheme, and up to 2 dB compared to the original HEVC standard with no redundant encoded information.