Apparatus and method for combining random set of video features in a non-linear scheme to best describe perceptual quality of video sequences using heuristic search methodology
US7010159B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 24, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 7, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N17/00
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for combining a random set of video features non-linearly to evaluate perceptual quality of video sequences includes (a) receiving a video sequence for image quality evaluation; (b) providing an objective metric image quality controller comprising a random set of metrics ranging from M1 to Mn without dependency information for each one metric; (c) applying each one metric individually to the video sequence to provide an individual objective scoring value of the video sequence ranging from x1 to xn; (d) determining a plurality of sets of weights (w1 to wn) which correlate to predetermined subjective evaluations of image quality for a predetermined plurality of video sequences (n), each one set of weights being assigned a range having an incremental value equal to the range divided by a number of combinations for each one set of weights; (e) weighting each individual objective scoring value x1 to xn provided by each one metric of the random set of metrics in step (c); (f) combining metrics of the weighted individual objective scoring value of the random set of metrics into a single objective evaluation F, wherein each weighted individual scoring value from step (e) is multip…
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