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datestamp: 2011-09-08 13:20:48
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creators_name: Soyak, Eren
creators_name: Tsaftaris, Sotirios A.
creators_name: Katsaggelos, Aggelos K.
creators_id: 
creators_id: sotirios.tsaftaris@imtlucca.it
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title: Quantization optimized H.264 encoding for traffic video tracking applications
ispublished: pub
subjects: QA76
subjects: TK
divisions: CSA
full_text_status: none
keywords: H.264 encoding; post compression tracking; traffic video tracking; video coding standard; video compression; encoding;video coding;
abstract: The compression of video can reduce the accuracy of post-compression tracking algorithms. This is problematic for centralized applications such as traffic surveillance systems, where remotely captured and compressed video is transmitted to a central location for tracking. We propose a low complexity optimization framework that automatically identifies video features critical to tracking and concentrates bitrate on these features via quantization tables. Using the H.264 video coding standard and two commonly used state-of-the-art trackers we show that our algorithm allows for over 60 bitrate savings while maintaining comparable tracking accuracy.
date: 2010-09
date_type: published
publisher: IEEE
pagerange: 1241 -1244
event_title: Image Processing (ICIP), 2010 17th IEEE International Conference on
id_number: 10.1109/ICIP.2010.5652364
refereed: TRUE
isbn: 978-1-4244-7993-1 
book_title: 17th IEEE international conference on image processing (ICIP)
official_url: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5652364&isnumber=5648792
citation:   Soyak, Eren and Tsaftaris, Sotirios A. and Katsaggelos, Aggelos K.  Quantization optimized H.264 encoding for traffic video tracking applications.   In:  17th IEEE international conference on image processing (ICIP).   IEEE, 1241 -1244.  ISBN 978-1-4244-7993-1       (2010)