Ebook: Multimedia: System Architectures and Applications

Multimedia computing is a logical next step by which computing technology will become ever more useful and ubiquitous in our everyday lives. From the perspective of technical challenges, multimedia affects nearly every aspect of computer hardware and software. The long-heralded marriage of computing, communications, and information services is now being consummated, and is manifesting itself in literally dozens of new alliances between companies ranging from semiconductors to cable TV, from newspapers and telephone companies to computer hardware and software.

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Multimedia computing is a logical next step by which computing technology will become ever more useful and ubiquitous in our everyday lives. From the perspective of technical challenges, multimedia affects nearly every aspect of computer hardware and software. The long-heralded marriage of computing, communications, and information services is now being consummated, and is manifesting itself in literally dozens of new alliances between companies ranging from semiconductors to cable TV, from newspapers and telephone companies to computer hardware and software.

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Multimedia computing is a logical next step by which computing technology will become ever more useful and ubiquitous in our everyday lives. From the perspective of technical challenges, multimedia affects nearly every aspect of computer hardware and software. The long-heralded marriage of computing, communications, and information services is now being consummated, and is manifesting itself in literally dozens of new alliances between companies ranging from semiconductors to cable TV, from newspapers and telephone companies to computer hardware and software.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-VI
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Group I Report: Authoring Systems....Pages 11-23
Group II Report: Multimedia Systems Architectures....Pages 24-45
Group III Report: Digital Video in Multimedia Systems....Pages 46-61
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Co-operative Multimedia on Heterogeneous Platforms....Pages 65-83
Distributed Multimedia Solutions from the HeiProjects....Pages 84-104
Database Management for Multimedia Applications....Pages 105-119
Towards the Modelling of Multimedia Environments: From the Image/Audio Signals to the Documents....Pages 121-138
Integration of Motion Video into Multimedia Computers....Pages 139-154
A Modeling / Programming Framework for Large Media-Integrated Applications....Pages 155-172
The Next Generation of Distributed Multimedia Systems....Pages 173-185
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Finegrained Synchronisation in Dynamic Documents....Pages 189-209
Designing Multimedia User Interfaces by Direct Composition....Pages 210-227
Using Conceptual Maps in Hypermedia....Pages 228-236
Word and Image in Multimedia....Pages 237-253

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Multimedia computing is a logical next step by which computing technology will become ever more useful and ubiquitous in our everyday lives. From the perspective of technical challenges, multimedia affects nearly every aspect of computer hardware and software. The long-heralded marriage of computing, communications, and information services is now being consummated, and is manifesting itself in literally dozens of new alliances between companies ranging from semiconductors to cable TV, from newspapers and telephone companies to computer hardware and software.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-VI
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Group I Report: Authoring Systems....Pages 11-23
Group II Report: Multimedia Systems Architectures....Pages 24-45
Group III Report: Digital Video in Multimedia Systems....Pages 46-61
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Co-operative Multimedia on Heterogeneous Platforms....Pages 65-83
Distributed Multimedia Solutions from the HeiProjects....Pages 84-104
Database Management for Multimedia Applications....Pages 105-119
Towards the Modelling of Multimedia Environments: From the Image/Audio Signals to the Documents....Pages 121-138
Integration of Motion Video into Multimedia Computers....Pages 139-154
A Modeling / Programming Framework for Large Media-Integrated Applications....Pages 155-172
The Next Generation of Distributed Multimedia Systems....Pages 173-185
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Finegrained Synchronisation in Dynamic Documents....Pages 189-209
Designing Multimedia User Interfaces by Direct Composition....Pages 210-227
Using Conceptual Maps in Hypermedia....Pages 228-236
Word and Image in Multimedia....Pages 237-253
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