Lossy compression schemes can be based on a source model, as in the case of speech compression, or a user or sink model, as is somewhat the case in image compression. In this chapter we look at audio ...

Coding, information theory and compression provide a unified framework for quantifying, transmitting and summarising data. At its heart lies the concept of entropy, which measures the average ...

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Digital video currently follows the MPEG-2 standard, but improvements in image processing technology are set to move MPEG-4 to the forefront of video compression. Millions of DVD disks, satellite ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) can be successfully applied to images and videos to improve how they look - to add colour, to understand their content better or to help with storytelling, for instance.

Artificial intelligence (AI) can be successfully applied to images and videos to improve how they look - to add colour, to understand their content better or to help with storytelling, for instance.