Advances in Multimedia Information Processing - Pcm 2006: 7th Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia, Hangzhou, China, November 2-4, 2006, Proceedings (Paperback, 2006)

Expressive Speech Recognition and Synthesis as Enabling Technologies for Affective Robot-Child Communication.- Embodied Conversational Agents: Computing and Rendering Realistic Gaze Patterns.- DBN Based Models for Audio-Visual Speech Analysis and Recognition.- An Extensive Method to Detect the Image Digital Watermarking Based on the Known Template.- Fast Mode Decision Algorithm in H.263+/H.264 Intra Transcoder.- Binary Erasure Codes for Packet Transmission Subject to Correlated Erasures.- Image Desynchronization for Secure Collusion-Resilient Fingerprint in Compression Domain.- A Format-Compliant Encryption Framework for JPEG2000 Image Code-Streams in Broadcasting Applications.- Euclidean Distance Transform of Digital Images in Arbitrary Dimensions.- JPEG2000 Steganography Possibly Secure Against Histogram-Based Attack.- Perceptual Depth Estimation from a Single 2D Image Based on Visual Perception Theory.- A System for Generating Personalized Virtual News.- Image Fingerprinting Scheme for Print-and-Capture Model.- 16×16 Integer Cosine Transform for HD Video Coding.- Heegard-Berger Video Coding Using LMMSE Estimator.- Real-Time BSD-Driven Adaptation Along the Temporal Axis of H.264/AVC Bitstreams.- Optimal Image Watermark Decoding.- Diagonal Discrete Cosine Transforms for Image Coding.- Synthesizing Variational Direction and Scale Texture on Planar Region.- Fast Content-Based Image Retrieval Based on Equal-Average K-Nearest-Neighbor Search Schemes.- Characterizing User Behavior to Improve Quality of Streaming Service over P2P Networks.- Interacting Activity Recognition Using Hierarchical Durational-State Dynamic Bayesian Network.- Improving the Image Retrieval Results Via Topic Coverage Graph.- Relevance Feedback for Sketch Retrieval Based on Linear Programming Classification.- Hierarchical Motion-Compensated Frame Interpolation Based on the Pyramid Structure.- Varying Microphone Patterns for Meeting Speech Segmentation Using Spatial Audio Cues.- Region-Based Sub-pixel Motion Estimation from Noisy, Blurred, and Down-Sampled Sequences.- Differential Operation Based Palmprint Authentication for Multimedia Security.- A Broadcast Model for Web Image Annotation.- An Approach to the Compression of Residual Data with GPCA in Video Coding.- A Robust Approach for Object Recognition.- A Novel Method for Spoken Text Feature Extraction in Semantic Video Retrieval.- A Semantic Image Category for Structuring TV Broadcast Video Streams.- Markov Chain Monte Carlo Super-Resolution Image Reconstruction with Simultaneous Adaptation of the Prior Image Model.- Text Detection in Images Using Texture Feature from Strokes.- Robust Mandarin Speech Recognition for Car Navigation Interface.- GKDA: A Group-Based Key Distribution Algorithm for WiMAX MBS Security.- A Watermarking Algorithm for JPEG File.- SNR Scalability in H.264/AVC Using Data Partitioning.- A Real-Time XML-Based Adaptation System for Scalable Video Formats.- Generic, Scalable Multimedia Streaming and Delivery with Example Application for H.264/AVC.- Shape-Based Image Retrieval in Botanical Collections.- Macroblock Mode Decision Scheme for Fast Encoding in H.264/AVC.- A Mathematical Model for Interaction Analysis Between Multiview Video System and User.- Motion Composition of 3D Video.- EKM: An Efficient Key Management Scheme for Large-Scale Peer-to-Peer Media Streaming.- Using Earth Mover's Distance for Audio Clip Retrieval.- Streaming-Mode MB-Based Integral Image Techniques for Fast Multi-view Video Illumination Compensation.- A Motion Vector Predictor Architecture for AVS and MPEG-2 HDTV Decoder.- Inter-camera Coding of Multi-view Video Using Layered Depth Image Representation.- Optimal Priority Packetization with Multi-layer UEP for Video Streaming over Wireless Network.- A Multi-channel MAC Protocol with Dynamic Channel Allocation in CDMA Ad Hoc Networks.- Fuzzy Particle Swarm Optimization Clustering and Its Application to Image Clustering.- A New Fast Motion Estimation for H.