motion estimation and compensation for very low bitrate video coding

Introduction 3
ted in China in the 6th century.
The rst book known to
have been printed from wood
blocks was a Chinese edition
of the Diamond Sutra, a Buddhist
text, dating from 868,
i.e. hundreds of years before
the rst printed edition of the
Bible by Gutenberg (c. 1400-
1468).
In 1543, after 25 years of
work, the Polish astronomer
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-
1543) forced men and women
to rethink their place within
the solar system. It is only after
150 years that the theory
that constitutes the Copernican
revolution, reinforced by
Galileo's (1564-1642) observations
with his telescope, became
widely accepted. Since
then, the understanding of
physical laws have been improved
by many scientists, like
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630),
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727),
Gottfried Leibniz
(1646-1716), James Maxwell
(1831-1879) and Albert Einstein
(1879-1955). One should
not forget Charles Darwin's
(1809-1882) other revolution
when he claimed that man
was not the center of creation.
ultimate solution for senses
entertainment" stated the ad)
driven with fuzzy logic had
just perfectly memorized (understood?)
the way she liked
to be woken up on Fridays:
a random compilation of her
top ten \soft" singles with a
crescendo volume.
Friday, the rst day of the
week-end. As the stars had
announced it, the weather was
just splendid. And birds were
singing. The beginning of
a great week-end! Unconsciously,
Joauma changed the
Pansense program and asked
for downloading the week-end
edition of \VideoBelche", an
online video magazine that
appears twice a week and tells
her more about her country.
After viewing the report, she
quickly had a look at her
Email. Before leaving the
room, she required the system
to download all possible information
about the movie. And
also about the actors whom
she introduced some pictures
in the scanner box. She asked
the system to reserve a videoconferencing
line for eleven
o'clock and nally went down
the stairs.