ディジタル・ビデオ・コンテンツにおけるバンディング・アーチファクトを検出する方法と、装置と、アプリケーション・プログラムを有するプログラム記憶装置

摘要

A method and system for identifying and determining banding artifacts in digital video content composed of a sequence of moving video pictures includes creating a mask image corresponding to a picture from said sequence of moving video pictures based on global gradient changes to detect potential areas containing banding artifacts. The values of the mask image are scaled thereby making banding artifact detection possible using gradient operators. The banding artifacts are then identified/detected based on the local gradients.