Television and Video Processing

Објавено: October 12, 2018
  1.    Course Title Television and Video Processing
  2.    Code 3ФЕИТ05З037
  3.    Study program KHIE
  4.    Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies
  5.    Degree (first, second, third cycle) First cycle
  6.    Academic year/semester IV/7   7.    Number of ECTS credits 6.00
  8.    Lecturer Dr Tomislav Kartalov
  9.    Course Prerequisites

10.    Course Goals (acquired competencies):  Introduction to the basics of the digital video processing. Introduction to the basics of the digital television and modern television systems, from the camera to the TV set. After completing the course, the student will have an understanding of the functioning of video acquisition devices, studio devices, and consumer devices.

11.    Course Syllabus: 1. Introduction. Light and image. Photometry. Colorimetry. 2. Image analysis. 3. Basics of analogue TV. Color television systems. 4. Digital video. 5. Compression without and with losses. 6. Image compression. DCT. JPEG 7. Video compression. Motion estimation and motion compensation in the scene. 8. Partial exams. 9. Video compression standards. MPEG-1. MPEG-2. MPEG-4. H-264. H-265. 10. Audio compression. Basics of DAB. 11. TV Broadcasting. DVB systems. Multiplexing. Scrambling. Modulation. 12. TV Receivers. FP displays. 13. Analog and digital video interfaces. Component video, composite video, DVI, HDMI. 14. Stereo image. 3DTV. 15. Partial exams.
12.    Learning methods:  Combined learning: lectures, auditory and laboratory exercises, supported by presentations and visualization of concepts, active participation of students through tests and task solving exercises.
13.    Total number of course hours 3 + 1 + 1 + 0
14.    Distribution of course hours 180
15.    Forms of teaching 15.1. Lectures-theoretical teaching 45
15.2. Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork 30
16.    Other course activities 16.1. Projects, seminar papers 0
16.2. Individual tasks 15
16.3. Homework and self-learning 90
17.    Grading 17.1. Exams 10
17.2. Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) 0
17.3. Activity and participation 20
17.4. Final exam 70
18.    Grading criteria (points) up to 50 points     5 (five) (F)
from 51 to 60 points     6 (six) (E)
from 61 to 70 points     7 (seven) (D)
from 71 to 80 points     8 (eight) (C)
from 81 to 90 points     9 (nine) (B)
from 91 to 100 points   10 (ten) (A)
19.    Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam Laboratory exercises attendance.
20.  Forms of assessment During the semester, two partial written exams are provided (at the middle and at the end of the semester, lasting 40 minutes each), which include tasks with given numerical values and theoretical questions. Alternatively, a written full exam (duration 40 minutes) is taken in the exam sessions.
Students who pass the partial exams, or the full exam, receive a final grade for passing the course. The final grade includes the points from the partial exams/full exam, as well as the points from the activity and continuous learning (attendance and activity of classes and laboratory exercises).
During the exam It is allowed to use any written material: books, scripts, manuscripts, tables, catalogs or notes of any kind. The use of electronic devices other than a calculator is NOT allowed. It is allowed to use pencils, pens, markers, crayons (in all colors except red), erasers, correctors, sharpeners, rulers, compasses, stencils and other mechanical writing aids
21.  Language Macedonian and English
22. Method of monitoring of teaching quality Polls, self-evaluation, and direct conversations with students.
23.    Literature
23.1. Required Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 Hervé Benoit Digital Television – Third Edition ELSEVIER 2008
23.2. Additional Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 John Arnold, Michael Frater, Mark Pickering  Digital Television Technology and Standards  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.  2007
2  Yao Wang, Joern Ostermann, Ya-Qin Zhang  Video Processing and Communications  Prentice Hall  2002
3  Ulrich H. Reimers DVB—The Family of International Standards for Digital Video Broadcasting  Springer  2005