Abstract: Technologies are generally described to identify foreground motion detection in compressed video data. In some examples, a foreground motion detection module may determine transform-coefficient-magnitude sums and motion-vector-magnitude sums associated with block coding units (BCUs) in compressed video data without decompressing the video data. The foreground motion detection module may also determine a background mean and a background co-variance associated with the compressed video data. To determine whether the BCU(s) contain foreground motion, the foreground motion detection module may determine a statistic based on the transform-coefficient-magnitude sums, the motion-vector magnitude sums, the background mean, and the background co-variance and compare the statistic to a threshold.

Abstract: Technologies are generally described to identify foreground motion detection in compressed video data. In some examples, a foreground motion detection module may determine transform-coefficient-magnitude sums and motion-vector-magnitude sums associated with block coding units (BCUs) in compressed video data without decompressing the video data. The foreground motion detection module may also determine a background mean and a background co-variance associated with the compressed video data. To determine whether the BCU(s) contain foreground motion, the foreground motion detection module may determine a statistic based on the transform-coefficient-magnitude sums, the motion-vector magnitude sums, the background mean, and the background co-variance and compare the statistic to a threshold.

Abstract: A method of encoding a watermark into a digital image. The method includes partitioning an original image into blocks and then determining a variance value of each block. The blocks are then arranged according to the variance values. A number of selected blocks are identified, where the number depends upon the size of the watermark. The blocks selected are then arranged by their location. Data from the watermark is used to replace bits in a representation of each of the selected blocks with data from the watermark. A method of decoding is also discussed.

Abstract: A method of encoding a watermark into a digital image. The method includes partitioning an original image into blocks and then determining a variance value of each block. The blocks are then arranged according to the variance values. A number of selected blocks are identified, where the number depends upon the size of the watermark. The blocks selected are then arranged by their location. Data from the watermark is used to replace bits in a representation of each of the selected blocks with data from the watermark. A method of decoding is also discussed.

Abstract: Several embodiments in accordance with the invention are disclosed. An embodiment for compressing a gray scale image is described and an embodiment for decompressing the codebook produced by compressing the gray scale image is described. Of course, the invention is not limited to only gray scale images, however.

Abstract: Several embodiments in accordance with the invention are disclosed. An embodiment for compressing a gray scale image is described and an embodiment for decompressing the codebook produced by compressing the gray scale image is described. Of course, the invention is not limited to only gray scale images, however.

Abstract: A method of encoding a watermark into a digital image. The method includes partitioning an original image into blocks and then determining a variance value of each block. The blocks are then arranged according to the variance values. A number of selected blocks are identified, where the number depends upon the size of the watermark. The blocks selected are then arranged by their location. Data from the watermark is used to replace bits in a representation of each of the selected blocks with data from the watermark. A method of decoding is also discussed.

Abstract: A method of encoding a watermark into a digital image. The method includes partitioning an original image into blocks and then determining a variance value of each block. The blocks are then arranged according to the variance values. A number of selected blocks are identified, where the number depends upon the size of the watermark. The blocks selected are then arranged by their location. Data from the watermark is used to replace bits in a representation of each of the selected blocks with data from the watermark. A method of decoding is also discussed.