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ECE 442 - Introduction to Multimedia Signal Processing

★ 3.8 (fi 8) (either term, 3-0-3/2) Human visual/audio perception and multimedia data representations. Multimedia enhancement, histogram equalization, noise removal, and edge detection. Image interpolation, digital zooming and error concealment. Fundamentals of compression, transforms, lossless and lossy compression. Multimedia compression, transform coding, and JPEG/MPEG image compression standards. Multimedia communications over networks. Multimedia security, digital rights management, watermarking, and IP protection. Prerequisite: ECE 340 or E E 338 or consent of Instructor. Credit may be obtained in only one of ECE 442 or E E 442.