A MULTIMEDIA VIDEO CONFERENCE SYSTEM - USING REGION BASE HYBRID CODING

In this paper, a video coding algorithm suitable for video conference application, and an investigation of a video conference system over LA N are presented. The proposed video coding algorithm is called region base hybrid coding algorithm. This method can perform foreground and b ackground segmentation. This is based on the characteristic of an unch anged background on most of the video conference applications. This pr operty can reduce both data rate and computation load. The proposed al gorithm is verified on a video conference system over LAN, and it can work successfully.