研究目的
To introduce PeQASO, a perceptual quality assessment framework for streamed videos using optical ?ow features, suitable for videos with complex motion patterns without making any assumptions on the coding conditions, network loss patterns or error concealment techniques.
研究成果
The proposed PeQASO framework accurately estimates the perceptual quality of streamed videos by analyzing the variations in the statistical properties of the optical ?ow. It is competitive with full-reference metrics and suitable for online perceptual evaluation of a wide variety of sequences spanning different spatial and temporal features.
研究不足
The proposed approach relies on the estimation of optical ?ow maps for the observed frames. Hence, any issue in the optical ?ow estimation will affect the quality estimator. Difficulties were noted in estimating the optical ?ow in certain sequences, such as those with sparkling instruments in a dark background.
1:Experimental Design and Method Selection:
The proposed PeQASO framework analyzes and fuses the statistical features of the optical ?ow in the received and anchor videos. It compares an optical ?ow descriptor from the received frame against the descriptor obtained from the reference frame.
2:Sample Selection and Data Sources:
Test sequences were selected from three independent video quality assessment databases: Mobile LIVE Video Quality Assessment Database, CSIQ Video-Quality Database, and IVP Subjective Quality Video Database.
3:List of Experimental Equipment and Materials:
The experiments utilized videos in raw YUV420 format with varying resolutions and frame rates.
4:Experimental Procedures and Operational Workflow:
The decoder calculates a descriptor of the optical ?ow map of the received frame and compares it against the descriptor obtained from the reference frame. The approach does not make any assumptions on the concealment technique, network conditions or coding standard or parameters.
5:Data Analysis Methods:
The proposed metric was validated by testing it on a variety of distorted sequences from the databases. The correlation coef?cients with the differential mean opinion scores reported in the database were analyzed.
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