Multimedia Elements; Multimedia Applications; Multimedia Systems Architecture;Evolving Technologies for Multimedia Systems; Defining Objects for Multimedia Systems;Multimedia Data Interface Standards; The need for Data Compression; MultimediaDatabases.Media: Perception Media, Representation Media, Presentation Media, StorageMedia, Transmission Media, Information Exchange Media, Presentation Spaces &Values, and Presentation Dimensions; Key Properties of a Multimedia System:Discrete & Continuous Media, Independence Media, Computer Controlled Systems,Integration; Characterizing Data Streams: Asynchronous Transmission Mode,Synchronous Transmission Mode, Isochronous Transmission Mode; CharacterizingContinuous Media Data Streams.Sound: Frequency, Amplitude, Sound Perception and Psychoacoustics; Audio Representationon Computers; Three Dimensional Sound Projection; Music and MIDI Standards; SpeechSignals; Speech Output; Speech Input; Speech Transmission.
Capturing Graphics and Images Computer Assisted Graphics and ImageProcessing; Reconstructing Images; Graphics and Image Output Options. Basics; TelevisionSystems; Digitalization of Video Signals; Digital Television; Basic Concepts; Specificationof Animations; Methods of Controlling Animation; Display of Animation; Transmissionof Animation; Virtual Reality Modeling Language.
Storage Space; Coding Requirements; Source, Entropy, and Hybrid Coding; BasicCompression Techniques; JPEG: Image Preparation, Lossy Sequential DCT-based Mode,Expanded Lossy DCT-based Mode, Lossless Mode, Hierarchical Mode. H.261 (Px64) andH.263: Image Preparation, Coding Algorithms, Data Stream, H.263+ and H.263L; MPEG:Video Encoding, Audio Coding, Data Stream, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-7; FractalCompression.
History of Optical Storage; Basic Technology; Video Discs and Other WORMs; CompactDisc Digital Audio; Compact Disc Read Only Memory; CD-ROM Extended Architecture;Further CD-ROM-Based Developments; Compact Disc Recordable; Compact DiscMagneto-Optical; Compact Disc Read/Write; Digital Versatile Disc.
Simple Vs. Complex Features; Analysis of Individual Images; Analysis of ImageSequences; Audio Analysis; Applications.
Rich-Text Format; TIFF File Format; Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF); MIDI File Format; JPEG DIB File Format for Still and Motion Images; AVI Indeo File Format;MPEG Standards; TWAIN
Multimedia Application Classes; Types of Multimedia Systems; Virtual RealityDesign; Components of Multimedia Systems; Organizing Multimedia Databases; ApplicationWorkflow Design Issues; Distributed Application Design Issues.