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In the last few years we have observed an explosive growth of multimedia computing, communication and applications. This revolution is transforming the way people live, work, and interact with each other, and is impacting the way business, government services, education, entertainment and healthcare are operating. Yet, several issues related to modeling, specification, analysis and design of distributed multimedia database systems and multimedia information retrieval are still challenging to both researchers and practitioners. Distributed Multimedia Databases: Techniques and Applications points out these challenges and provides valuable suggestions toward the necessary solutions, by focusing on multimedia database techniques.
| Preface | i | |
| Part I | An Introduction to Multimedia Database | |
| Chapter 1 | Distributed Multimedia Databases | 2 |
| Part II | Content-Based Retrieval and Image Database Techniques | |
| Chapter 2 | Bridging the Semantic Gap in Image Retrieval | 14 |
| Chapter 3 | Content-Based Visual Information Retrieval | 37 |
| Chapter 4 | Content-Based Trademark Recognition and Retrieval Based on Discrete Synergetic Neural Network | 58 |
| Chapter 5 | Concepts of Emergence Index in Image Databases | 73 |
| Part III | Video Database and Video-on-Demand | |
| Chapter 6 | Distributed Temporal Video DBMS Using Vertical Class Partitioning Technique | 90 |
| Chapter 7 | Video-on-Demand: Scalability and QoS Control | 111 |
| Chapter 8 | Video Abstraction Techniques for a Digital Library | 120 |
| Chapter 9 | Video Database Techniques and Video-on-Demand | 133 |
| Chapter 10 | Broadcasting Approaches for VOD Services | 147 |
| Part IV | Watermark Techniques | |
| Chapter 11 | Watermarking on Compressed/Uncompressed Video Using Communications with Side Information Mechanism | 173 |
| Chapter 12 | Hiding Images Using Dynamic Bit-Replacement and Human Visual System | 190 |
| Chapter 13 | Embedding Robust Gray-Level Watermark in an Image Using Discrete Cosine Transformation | 206 |
| Part V | Media Synchronization, Multicast and Quality of Services Techniques | |
| Chapter 14 | Multicast: Concept, Problems, Routing Protocols, Algorithms and QoS Extensions | 225 |
| Chapter 15 | Multimedia and Multi-Stream Synchronization | 246 |
| Chapter 16 | A Simple Prediction Method for Progressive Image Transmission | 262 |
| Part VI | Case Studies of Multimedia Databases | |
| Chapter 17 | A Multimedia Database Supports Internet-Based English Learning | 274 |
| Chapter 18 | Case Study: Cairo--A Distributed Image Retrieval System for Cluster Architectures | 293 |
| Chapter 19 | VRML-Based System for a Three-Dimensional Virtual Museum | 306 |
| Chapter 20 | Organizing Multimedia Objects Using a Class Algebra Database | 318 |
| Chapter 21 | Use of the Frame Synchronization Technique to Improve the Visualization Realism on the Web | 327 |
| Part VII | Future Directions of Multimedia Databases | |
| Chapter 22 | Future Multimedia Databases and Research Directions | 352 |
| About the Authors | 362 | |
| Index | 372 |
Overview
In the last few years we have observed an explosive growth of multimedia computing, communication and applications. This revolution is transforming the way people live, work, and interact with each other, and is impacting the way business, government services, education, entertainment and healthcare are operating. Yet, several issues related to modeling, specification, analysis and design of distributed multimedia database systems and multimedia information retrieval are still challenging to both researchers and ...