Between the recent popularity of virtual reality (VR) and the development of 3D, immersion
has become an integral part of entertainment concepts. Head-mounted Display (HMD) …

This book describes how reconfigurable hardware technology like field programmable gate
arrays can be used to offer a cost-efficient and flexible platform for implementation in …

A significant body of literature on saliency modeling predicts where humans look in a single
image or video. Besides the scientific goal of understanding how information is fused from …

Visual saliency models aim at predicting where people look. In free viewing conditions,
people look at relevant objects that are in focus. Assuming blurred or out-of-focus objects do …

This paper investigates the influence of depth of field on change detection in both pictorial
and solid scenes. In this work, a within-subjects experiment is conducted using a flicker …

Traditionally, to reduce communication overheads because of bandwidth limitations in
wireless sensor networks (WSNs), image compression techniques are used on high …

The imminent deployment of new devices such as TV, tablet, smart phone supporting
stereoscopic display creates a need for retargeting the content. New devices bring their own …

Since the consumption of digital media exploded in the last decade, making aesthetic
pictures quickly-with or without artistic expertise-is more than ever a research topic. Different …

This chapter presents background material for wireless multimedia sensor network (WMSN)
technology. The chapter will describe the general structure for a WMSN and various …

ABSTRACT A method of cropping a 3D content comprising at least a first view and a second
view is disclosed that comprises: determining a first saliency map from the first view and a …