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Session:Poster Session
Location:Poster Area
Session Time:Wednesday, June 27, 15:40 - 17:00
Presentation Time:Wednesday, June 27, 15:40 - 16:40
Presentation: Poster
Paper Title: PERCEPTUAL QUALITY DRIVEN ADAPTIVE VIDEO CODING USING JND ESTIMATION
Authors: Masaru Takeuchi; Waseda University, Japan 
 Shintaro Saika; Waseda University, Japan 
 Yusuke Sakamoto; Waseda University, Japan 
 Tatsuya Nagashima; Waseda University, Japan 
 Zhengxue Cheng; Waseda University, Japan 
 Kenji Kanai; Waseda University, Japan 
 Jiro Katto; Waseda University, Japan 
 Kaijin Wei; Huawei Technologies, China 
 Ju Zengwei; Huawei Technologies, China 
 Xu Wei; Huawei Technologies, China 
Abstract: We introduce a perceptual video quality driven video encoding solution for optimized adaptive streaming. By using multiple bitrate/resolution encoding like MPEG-DASH, video streaming services can deliver the best video stream to a client, under the conditions of the client’s available bandwidth and viewing device capability. However, conventional fixed encoding recipes (i.e. resolution-bitrate pairs) suffer from many problems, such as improper resolution selection and stream redundancy. To avoid these problems, we propose a novel video coding method, which generates multiple representations with constant Just-Notable Difference (JND) interval. For this purpose, we developed a JND scale estimator using Support Vector Regression (SVR), and designed a pre-encoder which outputs an encoding recipe with constant JND interval in an adaptive manner to input video.