Convergence in broadcast and communications media : the fundamentals of audio, video, data processing, and communications technologies / John Watkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watkinson, John, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television--Data processing.

Television.

Telecommunication--Data processing.

Telecommunication.

Multimedia systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (764 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Focal Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Convergence in Broadcast and Communications Media offers concise and accurate information for engineers and technicians tackling products and systems combining audio, video, data processing and communications. Without adequate fundamental knowledge of the core technologies, products could be flawed or even fail. John Watkinson has provided a definitive professional guide, designed as a standard point of reference for engineers, whether you are from an audio, video, computer or communications background.Without assuming any background and starting from first principles, the four core te

Contents:

Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction to convergent systems; 1.1 What this book is about; 1.2 Why binary?; 1.3 Conversion; 1.4 Integrated circuits; 1.5 Storage technology; 1.6 Noise and probability; 1.7 Time compression and expansion; 1.8 Error correction and concealment; 1.9 Channel coding; 1.10 Compression, JPEG and MPRG; 1.11 Convergence and commercial television; 1.12 Electronic cinema; References; Chapter 2. Digital processing principles; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Logic elements; 2.3 Storage elements; 2.4 Binary coding; 2.5 Gain control; 2.6 Floating-point coding

2.7 Modulo-n arithmetic2.8 The Galois field; 2.9 The phase-locked loop; 2.10 Timebase correction; 2.11 Programmers; 2.12 The computer; 2.13 The processor; 2.14 Interrupts; 2.15 Programmable timers; 2.16 Memory management; 2.17 The human interface; 2.18 DSP; 2.19 Multiplexing principles; 2.20 Packets; 2.21 Statistical multiplexing; 2.22 Networks; Chapter 3. Filters and transforms; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Transforms; 3.3 Convolution; 3.4 FIR and IIR filters; 3.5 Fir filters; 3.6 Sampling-rate conversion; 3.7 Transforms and duality; 3.8 The Fourier transform

3.9 The discrete cosine transform (DCT)3.10 The wavelet transform; References; Chapter 4. Sampling; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Sampling; 4.3 Reconstruction; 4.4 Aperture effect; 4.5 Sampling clock jitter; 4.6 Quantizing; 4.7 Quantizing error; 4.8 Introduction to dither; 4.9 Requantizing and digital dither; 4.10 Dither techniques; 4.11 Basic digital-to-analog conversion; 4.12 Basic analog-to-digital conversion; References; Chapter 5. Sound; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The deciBel; 5.3 Audio level metering; 5.4 The ear; 5.5 Level and loudness; 5.6 Frequency discrimination; 5.7 Music and the ear

5.8 The physics of sound5.9 How sound is radiated; 5.10 Acoustics; 5.11 Directionality in hearing; 5.12 Microphone principles; 5.13 Microphone mechanisms; 5.14 Stereo and surround sound; 5.15 Stereo and surround microphones; 5.16 M-S stereo; 5.17 Digitizing audio; 5.18 Audio convertors; 5.19 Oversampling in audio; 5.20 Noise shaping; References; Chapter 6. Light; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 What is light?; 6.3 Sources of light; 6.4 Optical principles; 6.5 Photometric units; 6.6 MTF, contrast and sharpness; 6.7 The human visual system; 6.8 The eye; 6.9 Gamma

6.10 Motion portrayal and dynamic resolution6.11 Background strobing and frame rate; 6.12 Colour; 6.13 Colour vision; 6.14 Colorimetry; 6.15 The CIE chromaticity diagram; 6.16 Whites; 6.17 Colour matching functions; 6.18 Choice of primaries; References; Chapter 7. Image portrayal; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Film; 7.3 Spatial sampling; 7.4 Spatial aperture effect; 7.5 Spatial oversampling; 7.6 Temporal aperture effects; 7.7 Analog video; 7.8 Synchronizing; 7.9 Bandwidth and definition; 7.10 Interlace; 7.11 Colour television; 7.12 Constant luminance; 7.13 Analog colour television signals

7.14 Digital colour signals

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-02529-4

1-136-02530-8

1-281-02414-7

9786611024147

0-08-050312-8

9780080503127

OCLC:

476074134