A Technical Introduction to Digital Video
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York, N.Y.
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Image processing: video; Television technology; Interactive & Multimedia; High Definition Television (HDTV); Television & Video; Programming - Algorithms; Digital television; Digital video
First sentence: The three-dimensional world is imaged by the lens of the human eye onto the retina, which is populated with photoreceptor cells that respond to light having wavelengths in the range of about 400 nm to 700 nm. In an imaging system, we build a camera having a lens and a photosensitive device, to mimic how the world is perceived by vision.
Description: Computers and communication systems have now reached the stage where is it possible to have photographic-quality color pictures. But smooth motion and accurate color, though easy to achieve in video equipment, remain beyond the reach of general purpose computers. This book will help computer system designers, engineers, programmers and technicians to learn the techniques of digital video, to bring smooth motion and accurate color to computing. If you are a television professional, this book will help you to understand the technology at the core of digital video.
Table of contents: label: 1
title: Basic principles
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Raster images in computing
pagenum: 33; label: 3
title: Filtering and sampling
pagenum: 43; label: 4
title: Image digitization and reconstruction
pagenum: 67; label: 5
title: Luminance and lightness
pagenum: 81; label: 6
title: Gamma
pagenum: 91; label: 7
title: Color science for video
pagenum: 115; label: 8
title: Luma and color differences
pagenum: 155; label: 9
title: Component video color coding
pagenum: 171; label: 10
title: Composite NTSC and PAL
pagenum: 185; label: 11
title: Field, frame, line, and sample rates
pagenum: 199; label: 12
title: 525/59.94 scanning and sync
pagenum: 207; label: 13
title: 525/59.94 component video
pagenum: 215; label: 14
title: 525/59.94 NTSC composite video
pagenum: 221; label: 15
title: 625/50 scanning and sync
pagenum: 229; label: 16
title: 625/50 component video
pagenum: 237; label: 17
title: 625/50 PAL composite video
pagenum: 241; label: 18
title: Electrical and mechanical interfaces
pagenum: 247; label: 19
title: Broadcast standards
pagenum: 251; label: 20
title: Test signals
pagenum: 257; label: 21
title: Timecode
pagenum: 265; label: Appendix A
title: Glossary of video signal terms
pagenum: 273; title: Index
pagenum: 301