Grant: Engage Plus Grants Program
York University
$12,500.00
Quality assessment for high resolution moving imagery
EF 2016-17
Résumé
This Engage Plus proposal describes an extension of an NSERC Engage collaboration between QualcommCorporation and York University. Qualcomm is a global leader in telecommunication that designs and marketswireless telecommunication devices, and a leader in the establishment of industry standards. Rapid advances indisplay technology are driving the creation of devices with increasingly high resolution, for a variety ofplatforms (mobile devices, televisions). While consumers are accustomed to high definition (HD) displays,displays with four times this resolution (4K, UHD) are becoming a viable consumer option. One of the criticaldeterminants of the success of this industry will be the perceived quality of display content. To attain 4K (andhigher) resolution, increasingly large amounts of data has to be compressed to reduce bandwidth.A consequence of display stream compression is reduction of picture quality with introduction of pixelatednoise and other image artefacts. To cope with this data-size/fidelity trade-off, and its potential impact on themarket, the industry must develop standards for low-impact (visually lossless) compression algorithms.Moreover, to make such standards meaningful, it is critical that they be developed via carefully controlled anddesigned user studies with suitable content, and test parameters.As part of our Engage project a state of the art test facility was set up at York University, and existingimage assessment protocols were implemented. The results of that work revealed a need for more innovativeparadigms with extensions to moving imagery, and more advanced compression algorithms. Thus the aim ofthis Engage Plus project is to build on the success of our existing work, and develop these much-needed testparadigms. In close collaboration with Qualcomm, York will help generate a new assessment standard forapplication to moving images. The potential impact of this project is significant given the importance of thetelecommunications industry to the Canadian economy.
Programme
Engage Plus Grants Program
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
501825-2016
Name nom
Wilcox, Laurie
Department département
Psychology
Organization id
38
Institution établissement
York University
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2016
Competition year année de concours
2016
Award amount
12500
Program id
EGP2
Program name en
Engage Plus Grants Program
Program name fr
Programme de subvention d'engagement partenarial Plus
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1553
Committee name en
Ontario Internal Decision Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de décision interne pour l'Ontario
Area of application code
802
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Information systems and technology
Area of application fr
Systèmes d'information et technologie de l'information
Research subject code
6302
Research subject group en
Psychology
Research subject group fr
Psychologie
Research subject en
Sensory systems -- visual
Research subject fr
Systèmes sensoriels -- vue
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Quality assessment for high resolution moving imagery
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
This Engage Plus proposal describes an extension of an NSERC Engage collaboration between QualcommCorporation and York University. Qualcomm is a global leader in telecommunication that designs and marketswireless telecommunication devices, and a leader in the establishment of industry standards. Rapid advances indisplay technology are driving the creation of devices with increasingly high resolution, for a variety ofplatforms (mobile devices, televisions). While consumers are accustomed to high definition (HD) displays,displays with four times this resolution (4K, UHD) are becoming a viable consumer option. One of the criticaldeterminants of the success of this industry will be the perceived quality of display content. To attain 4K (andhigher) resolution, increasingly large amounts of data has to be compressed to reduce bandwidth.A consequence of display stream compression is reduction of picture quality with introduction of pixelatednoise and other image artefacts. To cope with this data-size/fidelity trade-off, and its potential impact on themarket, the industry must develop standards for low-impact (visually lossless) compression algorithms.Moreover, to make such standards meaningful, it is critical that they be developed via carefully controlled anddesigned user studies with suitable content, and test parameters.As part of our Engage project a state of the art test facility was set up at York University, and existingimage assessment protocols were implemented. The results of that work revealed a need for more innovativeparadigms with extensions to moving imagery, and more advanced compression algorithms. Thus the aim ofthis Engage Plus project is to build on the success of our existing work, and develop these much-needed testparadigms. In close collaboration with Qualcomm, York will help generate a new assessment standard forapplication to moving images. The potential impact of this project is significant given the importance of thetelecommunications industry to the Canadian economy.
