The processing of sound and image data gets a mention, with special emphasis on video surveillance data. Even the UK government recently announced plans for an independent study to examine the benefits and risks.
On the latter, its statement today said: "Compared with the commercial, the sound and video image were disjointed and subject to breaking up. The colour was washed out and low in contrast and picture definition was not as clear as in the commercial.
The approach effectively separates the business logic behind a system from the technology used. Understanding the semantics of business may not sound like an important task but examine closely the cost and effort necessary to rationalise different...
There are libraries - and there have been since the beginning - but these have rarely stretched all the way to the heart of the business logic. There remains scope for improvement but certain business logic exists as it should and is likely to...
Peter Chane, senior business product manager at Google Video, said the content providers are responsible for choosing the thumbnail images and if they don't supply one, Google displays the first frame as the image.
Among those who have endorsed the technology are high-end camera maker Hasselblad, camera image sensor start-up Foveon, and ARM and Novatek Microelectronics - two companies whose chip designs are used for image processing in cameras.