Welcome to the Image and Video Processing (IVP) Laboratory. We conduct basic and applied research in all aspects of signal processing and transmission of visual (i.e. image and video) signals beginning from the source, through the channel and upon reception at the receiver. It serves as a centre of excellence for research in these vital areas of communication technology.

Research areas conducted in the IVP Laboratory can be divided into two board areas - processing and communications of image and video signals. For processing, we pioneer the use of edge-models for image analysis, enhancement, restoration and other applications. Face recognition using 3D head model and head model reconstruction from video sequences are being investigated. For communications, our works include, but not limited to, image/video segmentation, source and channel coding, compression, modulation and error protection. Even though software implementation offers flexible solution, equal emphasis is placed on hardware implementation. Areas of applications are video over Internet and mobile networks, video transmission over broadband networks, digital TV, high-definition TV, and digital library. Some of our works were used by Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA in its celestial exploration mission and some are being considered in video coding standards such as H.264 and AVS (China’s own audiovisual coding standard).

The laboratory is equipped with the state-of-the-art facilities for conducting leading edge research in visual signal processing. They include a video capturing system capable of acquiring high quality video sequences up to high-definition TV standard, a real-time digital video recorder for storage purpose, and a high-resolution display monitor for subjective evaluation.

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