This disclosure relates in general to the field of communications, and more particularly, to a system and a method for depth-guided image filtering in a video conference environment.
Video architectures have grown in complexity in recent times. Some video architectures can deliver real-time, face-to-face interactions between people using advanced visual, audio, and collaboration technologies. In certain architectures, service providers may offer sophisticated video conferencing services for their end users, which can simulate an “in-person” meeting experience over a network. The ability to optimize video encoding and decoding with certain bitrate constraints during a video conference presents a significant challenge to developers and designers, who attempt to offer a video conferencing solution that is realistic and that mimics a real-life meeting.
To provide a more complete understanding of the present disclosure and features and advantages thereof, reference is made to the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying figures, wherein like reference numerals represent like parts, in which:
A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes receiving a plurality of depth values corresponding to pixels of an image. The method also includes filtering (e.g., adjusting, modifying, improving) the image as a function of a plurality of variations (e.g., differences) in the depth values between adjacent pixels of a window associated with the image. In more detailed embodiments, the method may include encoding the image into a bit stream for transmission over a network. The filtering can account for a bit rate associated with the encoding of the image.
In other embodiments, the method includes receiving intensity values corresponding to the pixels, where the filtering is a function of variations in the intensity values between the adjacent pixels. The filtering of the image can include smoothing certain adjacent pixels having variations of depth values below a threshold value. The image is filtered in a loop comprising an inverse transform, an inverse quantization, and a prediction compensation that is based on previous encoding. The window may include pixels from a spatial region, or a temporal region. The filtering can preserve pixels corresponding to depth values closer to a viewpoint over pixels corresponding to depth values further away from the viewpoint.
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In this example, each endpoint 112a-112c is fitted discreetly along a desk and is proximate to its associated participant. Such endpoints could be provided in any other suitable location, as
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The components of communication system 100 may use specialized applications and hardware to create a system that can leverage a network. Communication system 100 can use standard IP technology and can operate on an integrated voice, video, and data network. The system can also support high quality, real-time voice, and video communications using broadband connections. It can further offer capabilities for ensuring quality of service (QoS), security, reliability, and high availability for high-bandwidth applications such as video. Power and Ethernet connections for all end users can be provided. Participants can use their laptops to access data for the meeting, join a meeting place protocol or a Web session, or stay connected to other applications throughout the meeting.
For purposes of illustrating certain example techniques of communication system 100, it is important to understand certain image processing techniques and the communications that may be traversing the network. The following foundational information may be viewed as a basis from which the present disclosure may be properly explained.
Conceptually, an image may be described as any electronic element (e.g., an artifact) that reproduces the form of a subject, such as an object or a scene. In many contexts, an image may be an optically formed duplicate or reproduction of a subject, such as a two-dimensional photograph of an object or scene. In a broader sense, an image may also include any two-dimensional representation of information, such as a drawing, painting, or map. A video is a sequence of images, in which each still image is generally referred to as a “frame.”
A digital image, in general terms, is a numeric representation of an image. A digital image is most commonly represented as a set (rows and columns) of binary values, in which each binary value is a picture element (i.e., a “pixel”). A pixel holds quantized values that represent the intensity (or “brightness”) of a given color at any specific point in the two-dimensional space of the image. A digital image can be classified generally according to the number and nature of those values (samples), such as binary, grayscale, or color. Typically, pixels are stored in a computer memory as a two-dimensional array of small integers (i.e., a raster image or a raster map).
An image (or video) may be captured by optical devices having a sensor that converts lights into electrical charges, such as a digital camera or a scanner, for example. The electrical charges can then be converted into digital values. Some digital cameras give access to almost all the data captured by the camera, using a raw image format. An image can also be synthesized from arbitrary non-image information, such as mathematical functions or three-dimensional geometric models.
Images from digital image capture devices often receive further processing to improve their quality and/or to reduce the consumption of resources, such as memory or bandwidth. For example, a digital camera frequently includes a dedicated digital image-processing unit (or chip) to convert the raw data from the image sensor into a color-corrected image in a standard image file format. Image processing in general includes any form of signal processing for which the input is an image, such as a photograph or video frame. The output of image processing may be either an image or a set of characteristics or parameters related to the image. Most image-processing techniques involve treating the image as a two-dimensional signal and applying standard signal-processing techniques to it.
Digital images can be coded (or compressed) to reduce or remove irrelevance and redundancy from the image data to improve storage and/or transmission efficiency. For example, general-purpose compression generally includes entropy encoding to remove statistical redundancy from data. However, entropy encoding is frequently not very effective for image data without an image model that attempts to represent a signal in a form that is more readily compressible. Such models exploit the subjective redundancy of images (and video). A motion model that estimates and compensates for motion can also be included to exploit significant temporal redundancy usually found in video.
An image encoder usually processes image data in blocks of samples. Each block can be transformed (e.g., with a discrete cosine transform) into spatial frequency coefficients. Energy in the transformed image data tends to be concentrated in a few significant coefficients; other coefficients are usually close to zero or insignificant. The transformed image data can be quantized by dividing each coefficient by an integer and discarding the remainder, typically leaving very few non-zero coefficients, which can readily be encoded with an entropy encoder. In video, the amount of data to be coded can be reduced significantly if the previous frame is subtracted from the current frame.
Digital image processing often also includes some form of filtering intended to improve the quality of an image, such as by reducing noise and other unwanted artifacts. Image noise can be generally defined as random variation of brightness or color information in images not present in the object imaged. Image noise is usually an aspect of electronic noise, which can be produced by the sensor and/or other circuitry of a capture device. Image noise can also originate during quantization. In video, noise can also refer to the random dot pattern that is superimposed on the picture as a result of electronic noise. Interference and static are other forms of noise, in the sense that they are unwanted, which can affect transmitted signals.
Smoothing filters attempt to preserve important patterns in an image, while reducing or eliminating noise or other fine-scale structures. Many different algorithms can be implemented in filters to smooth an image. One of the most common algorithms is the “moving average”, often used to try to capture important trends in repeated statistical surveys. Noise filters, for example, generally attempt to determine whether the actual differences in pixel values constitute noise or real photographic detail, and average out the former while attempting to preserve the latter. However, there is often a tradeoff made between noise removal and preservation of fine, low-contrast detail that may have characteristics similar to noise. Other filters (e.g., a deblocking filter) can be applied to improve visual quality and prediction performance, such as by smoothing the sharp edges that can form between macroblocks when block-coding techniques are used.
Image textures can also be calculated in image processing to quantify the perceived texture of an image. Image texture data provides information about the spatial arrangement of color or intensities in an image or a selected region of an image. The use of edge detection to determine the number of edge pixels in a specified region helps determine a characteristic of texture complexity. After edges have been found, the direction of the edges can also be applied as a characteristic of texture and can be useful in determining patterns in the texture. These directions can be represented as an average or in a histogram. Image textures may also be useful for classification and segmentation of images. In general, there are two primary types of segmentation based on image texture: region-based and boundary-based. Region-based segmentation generally attempts to group or cluster pixels based on texture properties together, while boundary-based segmentation attempts to group or cluster pixels based on edges between pixels that come from different texture properties. Though image texture is not always a perfect measure for segmentation, it can be used effectively along with other measures, such as color, to facilitate image segmentation.
In 3-D imaging, an image may be accompanied by a depth map that contains information corresponding to a third dimension of the image: indicating distances of objects in the scene to the viewpoint. In this sense, depth is a broad term indicative of any type of measurement within a given image. Each depth value in a depth map can correspond to a pixel in an image, which can be correlated with other image data (e.g., intensity values). Depth maps may be used for virtual view synthesis in 3-D video systems (e.g., 3DTV, or for gesture recognition in human-computer interaction, for example, MICROSOFT KINECT).
From a video coding perspective, depth maps may also be used for segmenting images into multiple regions, usually along large depth discontinuities. Each region may then be encoded separately, with possibly different parameters. Segmenting each image into foreground and background is one example, in which foreground objects in closer proximity to the viewpoint are differentiated from background objects that are relatively far away from the viewpoint. Such segmentation can be especially meaningful for Telepresence and video conferencing, in which scenes comprise primarily meeting participants, i.e., people.
However, merely using depth maps for image segmentation does not fully exploit the information to optimize image coding. In general, pixels within a region have been treated equally after segmentation in coding: regardless of their locations in the region with respect to other regions. In the foreground-background case, for example, a block of pixels in a color image is encoded as either foreground or background, which lacks a fine grain approach for improving image coding using depth.
In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, communication system 100 can overcome this shortcoming (and others) by providing depth-guided image filtering. More specifically, communication system 100 can provide a system and method for processing a sequence of images using depth maps that are generated in correspondence to the images. Depth maps and texture data of images can be used to develop a filter, which can be applied to the images. Such a system and method may be particularly advantageous for a conferencing environment such as communication system 100, in which images are encoded under a bitrate constraint and transported over a network, but the filter may also be applied advantageously independent of image encoding.
At its most general level, the system and method described herein may include receiving an image and a depth map, such as from a 3-D camera, and filtering the image according to the depth map such that details in the image that correspond to depth discontinuity and intensity variation can be preserved while substantially reducing or eliminating noise in the image. When coupled with a video encoder, the image may be further filtered such that details of objects closer to a viewpoint are preserved preferentially over objects further away, which may be particularly useful when the bitrate for encoding the image is constrained. For a block-based video encoder such as H.264 or MPEG-4, for example, the filtering may operate to reduce coding artifacts, such as artifacts introduced by quantization errors. When coupled with a video encoder, depth-guided filtering may further operate to conceal errors from partial image corruption, such as might occur with data loss during transmission.
Before turning to some of the additional operations of communication system 100, a brief discussion is provided about some of the infrastructure of
Endpoint 112a may also be inclusive of a suitable interface to an end user, such as a microphone, a display, or a keyboard or other terminal equipment. Endpoint 112a may also include any device that seeks to initiate a communication on behalf of another entity or element, such as a program, a database, or any other component, device, element, or object capable of initiating a voice or a data exchange within communication system 100. Data, as used herein, refers to any type of video, numeric, voice, or script data, or any type of source or object code, or any other suitable information in any appropriate format that may be communicated from one point to another. Additional details relating to endpoints are provided below with reference to
In operation, multipoint manager element 120 can be configured to establish, or to foster a video session between one or more end users, which may be located in various other sites and locations. Multipoint manager element 120 can also coordinate and process various policies involving endpoints 112a-112c. In general, multipoint manager element 120 may communicate with endpoints 112a-112c through any standard or proprietary conference control protocol. Multipoint manager element 120 includes a switching component that determines which signals are to be routed to individual endpoints 112a-112c. Multipoint manager element 120 can also determine how individual end users are seen by others involved in the video conference. Furthermore, multipoint manager element 120 can control the timing and coordination of this activity. Multipoint manager element 120 can also include a media layer that can copy information or data, which can be subsequently retransmitted or simply forwarded along to one or more endpoints 112a-112c.
Video processing unit 204a can also be configured to store, aggregate, process, export, and/or otherwise maintain image data and logs in any appropriate format, where these activities can involve processor 206a and memory element 208a. Video processing unit 204a is generally configured to receive information as a signal (e.g., an image signal or a video signal) from image sensor unit 202 via some connection. In the example embodiment of
Video processing unit 204a may interface with image sensor unit 202 through a wireless connection, or via one or more cables or wires that allow for the propagation of signals between these two elements. These devices can also receive signals from an intermediary device, a remote control, etc., where the signals may leverage infrared, Bluetooth, WiFi, electromagnetic waves generally, or any other suitable transmission protocol for communicating data (e.g., potentially over a network) from one element to another. Virtually any control path can be leveraged in order to deliver information between video processing unit 204a and image sensor unit 202. Transmissions between these two sets of devices can be bidirectional in certain embodiments such that the devices can interact with each other (e.g., dynamically, real-time, etc.). This would allow the devices to acknowledge transmissions from each other and offer feedback, where appropriate. Any of these devices can be consolidated with each other, or operate independently based on particular configuration needs. For example, a single box may encompass audio and video reception capabilities (e.g., a set-top box that includes video processing unit 204a, along with camera and microphone components for capturing video and audio data).
In general terms, video processing unit 204a is a video element, which is intended to encompass any suitable unit, module, software, hardware, server, program, application, application program interface (API), proxy, processor, field programmable gate array (FPGA), erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), digital signal processor (DSP), or any other suitable device, component, element, or object configured to process video data. This video element may include any suitable hardware, software, components, modules, interfaces, or objects that facilitate the operations thereof. This may be inclusive of appropriate algorithms and communication protocols that allow for the effective exchange (reception and/or transmission) of data or information.
In yet other embodiments, though, video processing unit 204a may be a network element, or may be integrated with a network element. A network element generally encompasses routers, switches, gateways, bridges, load balancers, firewalls, servers, processors, modules, or any other suitable device, component, element, or object operable to exchange information in a network environment. This includes proprietary elements equally, which can be provisioned with particular features to satisfy a unique scenario or a distinct environment.
Video processing unit 204a may share (or coordinate) certain processing operations with other video elements. Memory element 208a may store, maintain, and/or update data in any number of possible manners. In a general sense, the arrangement depicted herein may be more logical in its representations, whereas a physical architecture may include various permutations/combinations/hybrids of these elements.
In one example implementation, video processing unit 204a may include software (e.g., as part of video encoder 210) to achieve certain operations described herein. In other embodiments, operations may be provided externally to any of the aforementioned elements, or included in some other video element or endpoint (either of which may be proprietary) to achieve this intended functionality. Alternatively, several elements may include software (or reciprocating software) that can coordinate in order to achieve the operations, as outlined herein. In still other embodiments, any of the devices illustrated herein may include any suitable algorithms, hardware, software, components, modules, interfaces, or objects that facilitate operations disclosed herein, including depth-guided image filtering.
In the context of a video conference, image sensor unit 202 can capture participants and other scene elements as a sequence of images 216 and depth maps 218. Each image 216 and depth map 218 can be passed as a signal to video encoder 210 in video processing unit 204a. Video encoder 210 includes a depth-guided filter that can be used to filter and encode the signal into a bit stream 220, which can be transmitted to another endpoint in a video conference, for example. Video encoder 210 may operate under rate controller 214 by receiving instructions from rate controller 214 and providing rate controller 214 with rate statistics of the video encoding. Filter parameter controller 212a may also receive instructions from rate controller 214 and determine parameters for the depth-guided filter based on image 216 and depth map 218. The encoded bit stream may include compressed image data, depth values, and/or parameters from filter parameter controller 212a, for example.
Video processing unit 302 is generally configured to receive information as a signal from image sensor unit 202 via some connection, which may be a wireless connection, or via one or more cables or wires that allow for the propagation of signals. Video processing unit 302 applies depth-guided filtering to an image 316 based on depth map 318 before it is encoded with video encoder 320, such that edges in image 316 that correspond to depth discontinuity and intensity variations can be preserved while noises in image 316 are removed or reduced.
Prediction (intra/inter prediction module 408) may also be used to enhance encoding, such as with motion compensation. A prediction can be formed based on previously encoded data, either from the current time frame (intra-prediction) or from other frames that have already been coded (inter-prediction). For example, inverse transform and inverse quantization 410 can be used to rescale the quantized transform coefficients. Each coefficient can be multiplied by an integer value to restore its original scale. An inverse transform can combine the standard basis patterns, weighted by the rescaled coefficients, to re-create each block of data. These blocks can be combined together to form a macroblock, and the prediction can be subtracted from the current macroblock to form a residual.
In a video encoder with an in-loop filter, such as video encoder 402, a deblocking filter 412 can also be applied to blocks in decoded video to improve visual quality and prediction performance by smoothing the sharp edges that can form between macroblocks when block-coding techniques are used. In video encoder 402, a depth-guided filter 414 can be applied to an image after inverse transform and inverse quantization, deblocking filtering, and prediction compensation. By fusing depth information with texture data, the depth-guided filtering can help reduce coding artifacts, such as those that can be introduced by quantization errors.
One example form of a depth-guided filter may be defined as:
In the equation, p is the center pixel to be filtered, and q is a neighboring pixel in the window S. Dp, Ip, and Dq, Iq denote the depth and intensity values of the two pixels, respectively; Gσ
In general, a filter window comprises a finite group of pixels around a pixel to be filtered (the “center” pixel). The window is typically symmetric about the center pixel, but may also be asymmetrical in some embodiments. The window can be square (e.g., 3×3, 5×5, etc.), but can also be circular or other shapes. The window S may include pixels from a spatial or temporal region (e.g., a neighborhood) or both. In this example embodiment of a depth-guided filter, all pixels are given the same weight regardless of their spatial or temporal distance to the center pixel p, but in other embodiments different weights can be assigned to neighboring pixels in accordance to their distance to the center pixel. Such different weights may also follow a Gaussian distribution with respect to the distance of the pixels. Alternatively, other distributions such as the Gibbs distribution (also known as the Gibbs measure) or user-defined piece-wise linear/non-linear functions may be used instead of the Gaussian distribution.
A depth-guided filter as described herein may be applied to remove spatial and temporal noise that is coherent from the production of images (e.g., from the video camera, and to reduce coding errors such as quantization errors). By taking into account both depth and texture variations, the filtering operations can be performed such that pixels with small depth and intensity variations (therefore, likely to be noise) will be smoothed, whereas those with large depth or intensity variations can be preserved. As a result, details corresponding to contour and texture-rich areas in the image may be perceptually enhanced.
The strength of the smoothing effect of each Gaussian can be controlled by the standard deviation (i.e., σ). The strength is directly proportional to the size of the standard deviation. Consequently, fewer details may be preserved after filtering. In a video encoding context, this means that there may be less information to be encoded. Therefore, by adjusting the sigma σd according to the depth of pixels, one may preferably preserve more details for objects that are closer to the viewpoint and less for objects that are farther away. When operating under a bit-rate controller, the adjustment may also account for the bit rate that is available for encoding the current image.
When included in a video decoding loop, the depth-guided filter may also operate to conceal decoding errors that may be caused by, for example, loss of image data during transmission over a network, assuming that the corresponding depth data was correctly received. For example, the error concealment process may include first copying image data from previously decoded images from multiple locations, selecting the one that has strong edges best aligned with discontinuities in the received depth map, and applying the depth-guided filter to the image formed by the preceding step.
At 610, the encoded bit stream may be transmitted, along with depth information and other codec parameters, which may be received at 612. At 614, the depth information and other codec parameters may be used to decode the bit stream into an image. Note that such depth-guided filtering may provide significant advantages, some of which have already been discussed. In particular, a depth map can be used to improve image quality, by reducing noise and coding errors, for example. Depth-guided filtering may also provide a fine granular control of image details.
In certain example implementations, the image processing functions outlined herein may be implemented by logic encoded in one or more tangible media (e.g., embedded logic provided in an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), digital signal processor (DSP) instructions, software (potentially inclusive of object code and source code) to be executed by a processor, or other similar machine, etc.). In some of these instances, a memory element (as shown in
In certain implementations, a video processing unit (or other elements of communication system 100) can include software in order to achieve the depth-guided image filtering outlined herein. For example, at least some portions of the activities outlined herein may be implemented in non-transitory logic (i.e., software) provisioned in, for example, video processing units 204a-204b, multipoint manager element 120, and/or any of endpoints 112a-112c. Such a configuration can include one or more instances of video encoder with depth-guided filter 210/video decoder with depth-guided filter 222 being provisioned in various locations of the network. In some embodiments, one or more of these features may be implemented in hardware, provided external to the aforementioned elements, or consolidated in any appropriate manner to achieve the intended functionalities. Moreover, the aforementioned elements may include software (or reciprocating software) that can coordinate in order to achieve the operations as outlined herein. In still other embodiments, these elements may include any suitable algorithms, hardware, software, components, modules, interfaces, or objects that facilitate the operations thereof.
Furthermore, components of communication system 100 described and shown herein may also include suitable interfaces for receiving, transmitting, and/or otherwise communicating data or information in a network environment. Additionally, some of the processors and memories associated with the various components may be removed, or otherwise consolidated such that a single processor and a single memory location are responsible for certain activities. In a general sense, the arrangements depicted in the FIGURES may be more logical in their representations, whereas a physical architecture may include various permutations, combinations, and/or hybrids of these elements. It is imperative to note that countless possible design configurations can be used to achieve the operational objectives outlined here. Accordingly, the associated infrastructure has a myriad of substitute arrangements, design choices, device possibilities, hardware configurations, software implementations, equipment options, etc.
The elements discussed herein may be configured to keep information in any suitable memory element (random access memory (RAM), ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, ASIC, etc.), software, hardware, or in any other suitable component, device, element, or object where appropriate and based on particular needs. Any of the memory items discussed herein (e.g., database, table, cache, key, etc.) should be construed as being encompassed within the broad term “memory element.” Similarly, any of the potential processing elements, modules, and machines described herein should be construed as being encompassed within the broad term “processor.”
Note that with the examples provided above, interaction may be described in terms of two, three, or four elements or components. However, this has been done for purposes of clarity and example only. In certain cases, it may be easier to describe one or more of the functions or operations by only referencing a limited number of components. It should be appreciated that the principles described herein are readily scalable and can accommodate a large number of components, as well as more complicated/sophisticated arrangements and configurations. Accordingly, the examples provided should not limit the scope or inhibit the broad teachings provided herein as potentially applied to a myriad of other architectures. Additionally, although described with reference to particular scenarios, where a particular module is provided within an element, these modules can be provided externally, or consolidated and/or combined in any suitable fashion. In certain instances, such modules may be provided in a single proprietary unit.
It is also important to note that operations in the appended diagrams illustrate only some of the possible scenarios and patterns that may be executed by, or within elements of communication system 100. Some of these operations may be deleted or removed where appropriate, or these operations may be modified or changed considerably without departing from the scope of teachings provided herein. In addition, a number of these operations have been described as being executed concurrently with, or in parallel to, one or more additional operations. However, the timing of these operations may be altered considerably. The preceding operational flows have been offered for purposes of example and discussion. Substantial flexibility is provided in that any suitable arrangements, chronologies, configurations, and timing mechanisms may be provided without departing from the teachings provided herein.
Although a system and method for depth-guided image filtering has been described in detail with reference to particular embodiments, it should be understood that various other changes, substitutions, and alterations may be made hereto without departing from the spirit and scope of this disclosure. For example, although the previous discussions have focused on video conferencing associated with particular types of endpoints, handheld devices that employ video applications could readily adopt the teachings of the present disclosure. For example, iPhones, iPads, Android devices, personal computing applications (i.e., desktop video solutions, Skype, etc.) can readily adopt and use the depth-guided filtering operations detailed above. Any communication system or device that encodes video data would be amenable to the features discussed herein.
It is also imperative to note that the systems and methods described herein can be used in any type of imaging or video application. This can include standard video rate transmissions, adaptive bit rate (ABR), variable bit rate (VBR), CBR, or any other imaging technology in which image encoding can be utilized. Numerous other changes, substitutions, variations, alterations, and modifications may be ascertained to one skilled in the art and it is intended that the present disclosure encompass all such changes, substitutions, variations, alterations, and modifications as falling within the scope of the appended claims.
In order to assist the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and, additionally, any readers of any patent issued on this application in interpreting the claims appended hereto, Applicant wishes to note that the Applicant: (a) does not intend any of the appended claims to invoke paragraph six (6) of 35 U.S.C. section 112 as it exists on the date of the filing hereof unless the words “means for” or “step for” are specifically used in the particular claims; and (b) does not intend, by any statement in the specification, to limit this disclosure in any way that is not otherwise reflected in the appended claims.
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