Introduction to Video Database Management Systems

Author: Zhou Dongru, Hu Hongbin, et al.
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Publish Date: 2000-04-01
Features: This book primarily discusses the fundamental theories, methods, and applications of video database systems. The book is divided into nine chapters: Chapter 1 provides an overview of video database systems; Chapter 2 elaborates on the characteristics and requirements of video data modeling and introduces several typical video data models; Chapter 3 discusses the purpose and classification of video segmentation, with a focus on image-based video segmentation techniques; Chapter 4 analyzes the advantages of analyzing and segmenting compressed video, introduces the fundamental theories and standards of video compression, and presents several typical methods; Chapter 5 addresses annotation-based, feature-based, and domain-specific annotation methods respectively; Chapter 6 introduces the ultimate goals, query methods, and processes of video databases, with a focus on the design of query languages and human-machine interfaces; Chapters 7, 8, and 9 provide a brief introduction to existing video database prototype systems, related technologies, and applications. This book can serve as a textbook for graduate students, as well as a supplementary textbook or teaching reference for undergraduate students in computer science and technology, information engineering, signal processing, and related fields. It also holds certain reference value for scientists and engineers working in multimedia systems, broadcasting and television, databases, image processing, and other fields.