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DOC. TYPE	Business Plan
TITLE	SC 29 Business Plans [JTC 1 N 5689]
SOURCE	Chairman, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29
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Narumi Hirose, Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29
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ISO/IEC JTC 1
Information Technology

ISO/IEC JTC 1 N 5689

DATE: 1998-12-30

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Business Plan

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JTC 1/SC 29 Business Plan

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SC 29 Chairman

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This document is circulated to JTC 1 National Bodies for information and review at the January 1999 JTC 1 Plenary meeting in Rio.

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Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1, American National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036; Telephone: 1 212 642 4932; Facsimile: 1 212 840 2298; Email: lrajchel@ansi.org

BUSINESS PLAN FOR JTC 1/SC 29

PERIOD COVERED: May 1998 to December 1998

SUBMITTED BY: Hiroshi Yasuda, Chairman, JTC 1/SC 29

Since the twelfth JTC 1 plenary meeting, 1998-06-01/05, Sendai, Japan, SC 29 met on July 13-14 in Berlin, Germany. During this time, there begins a big trend in broadcasting business of USA. Broadcasters in USA has started digital terrestrial TV broadcasting using MPEG-2 which is the famous standard coming out from our group, namely a result of SC 29/WG 11. This will push up digital TV and digital image processing businesses more and more, thus many related industries will be activated. Digital TV age has finally come and the fact makes digital image processing more important. Our activity in this sense will be more and more important. We are more than happy because our standards contributes so much to the world.

Title:
Coding of Audio, Picture, Multimedia and Hypermedia Information

Scope:
Standardization of coded representation of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information - and sets of compression and control functions for use with such information - such as:
- Audio information
- Bi-level and Limited Bits-per-pixel Still Pictures
- Digital Continuous-tone Still Pictures
- Computer Graphic Images
- Moving Pictures and Associated Audio
- Multimedia and Hypermedia Information for Real-time Final Form Interchange
- Audio Visual Interactive Scriptware
Excluded: Character Coding

A detailed project by project work program is available via SC 29 WWW site (http://www.chips.ibm.com/.SC 29).

WG 1 also known as JPEG for coding of continuous-tone still images and JBIG for coding of bi-level images has following active 6 projects. Big topic now is JTC 1.29.14 (15444), "JPEG 2000 Image Coding System", originally scheduled to be released its CD in 1998-11, was rescheduled to 1999-03.

WG 11 also known as MPEG-2 for "Generic coding of moving picture and associated audio information" has following 10 projects, and MPEG-4 for "Coding of audio-visual objects" has 12 following projects. Big topics now is the freeze of MPEG-4 version 1 technical specifications and also JTC 1.29.15 (15938) also known as MPEG-7 for "Multimedia content description interface" has started its activity to create WD in 1999-03.

WG 12 also known as MHEG for "Coding of multimedia and hypermedia information" has 3 following projects.

WG 1:
JTC 1.29.04.03.01 (10918-3/AMD 1) Digital compression and coding of continuous-tone still images: Extensions Amendment 1: Provisions to allow registration of new compression types and versions in the SPIFF header, FPDAM 1998-11
JTC 1.29.09 (14493) Image compression across multiple components, WD 1998-11
JTC 1.29.10 (14492) Lossy/lossless coding of bi-level images, CD 1998-11
JTC 1.29.12.01 (14495-1) Lossless and near-lossless compression of continuous-tone still images: Baseline, FDIS 1998-11
JTC 1.29.12.02 (14495-2) Lossless and near-lossless compression of continuous-tone still images: Extentions, WD 1998-11
JTC 1.29.10 (15444) JBIG-2000

WG 11:
MPEG-2
JTC 1.29.05.02.01.05 (13818-1/AMD 5) Generic coding of moving picture and associated audio information: Systems Amendment 5: System-related table entries for Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), 2nd FPDAM 1999-03
JTC 1.29.05.02.01.06 (13818-1/AMD 6) Generic coding of moving picture and associated audio information: Systems Amendment 6: 4:2:2 Profile@High level splice parameters and buffer model for ISO/IEC 13818-7 (AAC), FPDAM 1999-02
JTC 1.29.05.02.01 2nd Edition (13818-1) Generic coding of moving picture and associated audio information: Systems, IS 2000
JTC 1.29.05.02.02.05 (13818-2/AMD 5) Generic coding of moving picture and associated audio information: Video Amendmend 5: 4:2:2 Profile@High Level, FPDAM 1998-11
JTC 1.29.05.02.02.06 (13818-2/AMD 6) Generic coding of moving picture and associated audio information: Video Amendmend 6: Table entries related to maximum number of lines associated with Hi-Level profiles, FPDAM 1999-01
JTC 1.29.05.02.02 2nd Edition (13818-2) Generic coding of moving picture and associated audio information: Video, IS 2000
JTC 1.29.05.02.04.01 (13818-4/AMD 1) Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information -- Part 4: Conformance testing Amendment 1: Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) conformance testing, FDAM 1998-12
JTC 1.29.05.02.04.03 (13818-4/AMD 3) Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information -- Part 4: Conformance testing AMENDMENT 3: Additional audio conformance bitstreams, PDAM 1999-01
JTC 1.29.05.02.06.01 (13818-6/AMD1) Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information -- Part 6: Extensions for Digital Storage Media Command and Control AMENDMENT 1: Additions to support data broadcasting, FPDAM 1998-11
JTC 1.29.05.02.10 (13818-10) Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information -- Part 10: Conformance extensions for Digital Storage Media Command and Control (DSM-CC), FDIS 1998-10, IS 1998-12

MPEG-4:
JTC 1.29.13.01 (14496-1) Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 1: Systems, FDIS 1998-12
JTC 1.29.13.02 (14496-2) Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 2: Visual, FDIS 1998-12
JTC 1.29.13.03 (14496-3) Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 3: Audio, FDIS 1998-12
JTC 1.29.13.04 (14496-4) Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 4: Conformance testing, CD 1998-12
JTC 1.29.13.05 (14496-5) Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 5: Reference software, FCD 1998-12
JTC 1.29.13.06 (14496-6) Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 6: Delivery Multimedia Integration Framework (DMIF), FDIS 1998-12
Six Amendments (14496-1/AMD 1 - 14496-6/AMD 1) to JTC 1.29.13.01 - JTC 1.29.13.06 originally scheduled to be released their WDs in 1998-11 was rescheduled to 1999-03.
JTC 1.29.13.05 (14496-5) Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 5: Reference software was rescheduled to be released its FCD in 1999-03.

WG 12;
JTC 1.29.06.05/COR1 (13522-5/COR1) Coding of multimedia and hypermedia information -- Part 5: Support for base-level interactive applications TECHNICAL CORRIGENDUM 1, DCOR 1998-12
JTC 1.29.06.06 (13522-6) Coding of multimedia and hypermedia information -- Part 6: Support for enhanced interactive applications, IS 1998-10
JTC 1.29.06.07 (13522-7) Coding of multimedia and hypermedia information -- Part 7: Interoperability and Conformance Testing for ISO/IEC 13522-5, CD 1998-12

Cooperation:
SC 29 and INTELSAT, SMPTE
WG 1 and ITU-T, DIG
WG 11 and ITU-T, VRML Consortium, W3C Consortium
WG 12 and DVB-MHP, ATSC

Competition:
JTC 1/SC 24 "PNG" - JTC 1/SC 29/WG 1 "JPEG Lossless"

In SC 29/WG 11, Part1-4, and Part 6 of "coding of audio-visual objects" also known as MPEG-4 has reached to the FDIS level. This project aims to establich universal, efficient coding of different forms of audio-visual data, called audio-visual objects. These objects can be of natural or synthetic origin.

A concise overview of what the MPEG-4 standard will offer:
- a new kind of interactivity, with dynamic objects rather than just static ones;
- the integration of natural and synthetic audio and visual material;
- the possibility to influence the way audiovisual material is presented;
- reusability of both tools and data;
- a coded representation that can take into account lower layers, while the application developer need not worry about those layers;
- the simultaneous use of material coming from different sources - and support of material going to different destinations;
- the integration of real time and non-real time information in a single presentation.

This standard would make possible new kind of object based audio-visual coding and presentation for wide range of application such as Internet streaming AV, object-based interactive DVD, AV distribution for mobile terminals and so on.

MPEG-4 covers wide range of applications on the market of broadcasting, communication, electronics equipment, computer software. For instance, new audio-visual distribution system for the coming high speed mobile environment needs error resilience and object-based functionality to reproduce video and audio.
Data retrieval application using Web brouser on PC needs real time 2D/3D scene generation with natural video accompanying audio and speech.
Post production application directly handles digitized objects in audio and video needs a new coding standard which enables manipulation of computer graphics and natural video in a different way.

Prospected application of MPEG-4 in the market is;
- Broadcast
- Collaborative scene visualizion
- Content based storage and retrieval
- Digital AM broadcasting
- Digital television set-top box
- DVD
- Infotainment
- Mobile Multimedia
- Real time communications
- Streaming video on the Internet/Intranet
- Studio and television post-production
- Surveillance
- Virtual meeting

These application specifies next requirements for expample:
- Temporal random access
- High video quality (higher temporal and spatial resolutions)
- Interlaced and progressive scanning modes
- Improved coding efficiency
- Object-based functionality
- Text and graphics overlays
- Temporal and spatial synchronization of audio-visual objects
- Multiplexing audio-visual objects and other information data
- Temporal and spatial synchronization of distributed audio-visual objects
- Object-based coding flexibility by allowing all objects to be selectively coded
- Object-based spatial/temporal quality flexibility
- Object-based spatial/temporal scalability
- Object-based bitstream manipulating without the need for transcoding
- Compatibility with MPEG-2 standard
- Copy protection
- User interaction
- Downloading of audio-visual objects and other information data
- Multipoint operation
- Robustness to information error and loss
- Coding of multiple concurrent data streams
- Support of face animation parameters
- Synchronization
- Low end-to-end delay mode
- Interworking with other audio-visual systems
- User controls (e.g., sensitive regions)
- Stereoscopic views
- 3D Composition
- Face & body animation parameters (if virtual actors used)
- Text to speech (TTS)
- Audio rendering

JTC 1.29.13.01 (14496-1) Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 1: Systems, FDIS 1998-12
JTC 1.29.13.02 (14496-2) Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 2: Visual, FDIS 1998-12
JTC 1.29.13.03 (14496-3) Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 3: Audio, FDIS 1998-12
JTC 1.29.13.06 (14496-6) Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 6: Delivery Multimedia Integration Framework (DMIF), FDIS 1998-12

Adequate resources are available for all projects.

JTC 1.29.14 (15444) JPEG 2000 Image Coding System
It is expected to deliver a new still image coding standard which has a functionality to provide a fine granurality for coded image quality by using a proportional amount of information. This coding standard will be the next generation of JPEG which is widely used on the Internet world and implemented in digital cameras.

JTC 1.29.13.01.01 (14496-1/AMD 1) Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 1: Systems Amendment 1: Systems extensions
JTC 1.29.13.02.01 (14496-2/AMD 1) Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 2: Visual Amendment 1: Visual extensions
JTC 1.29.13.03.01 (14496-3/AMD 1) Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 3: Audio Amendment 1: Audio extensions
JTC 1.29.13.04.01 (14496-4/AMD 1) Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 4: Conformance testing Amendment 1: Extensions to MPEG-4 conformance testing
JTC 1.29.13.05.01 (14496-5/AMD 1) Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 5: Reference softwre Amendment 1: Reference software extensions
JTC 1.29.13.06.01 (14496-6/AMD 1) Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 6: DSM-CC Multimedia Integration Framework (DMIF) Amendment 1: DMIF extensions

These series of extensions for 14496 (MPEG-4) will provide additional functionalities and capabilities to manipulate coded audio-visual objects in a scene.

JTC 1.29.15 (15938) Multimedia content description interface
It is a new work item called MPEG-7 to provide a method for quickly and efficiently searching for various types of multimedia material interesting to the user. Moreover, MPEG-7 is not only enables this type of search, but also enables filtering. Thus, MPEG-7 will support both push and pull applications.

JTC 1.29.14 (15444) JPEG 2000 Image Coding System CD in 1999-03
JTC 1.29.13.01.01 (14496-1/AMD 1) to JTC 1.29.13.06.01 (14496-6/AMD 1) Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 1 to Part 6/Amendment 1 CD in 1999-03
JTC 1.29.15 (15938) Multimedia content description interface WD in 1999-12JTC 1.29.15 (15938) Multimedia content description interface

It is desirable for WG 11 to communicate with VRML consortium and W3C consortium since many applications of MPEG-4 are related to Web browser for the Internet. So far, thee members are jointly developing the standard rather than having a liaison.

There is no specific risk to be reported for the work.

Next Generation Internet (NGI) will come within three years. In NGI age, audio and visual contents delivery will be burst out tied up with the prevailing of Electronic Commerce (EC). Tele-shopping, surveillance , tele-education, group-ware and electronic games and others are promising applications. All will use video/image and high quality audio, thus audio and visual processing and compression technologies are the keys to accelerate proliferation of those applications. Our coming standards, particularly, object oriented encoding and handling, such as JPEG2000 and MPEG-4 as coding, MPEG-7 and MHEG-6/7 as object handling, will open new phase of the content creation, thus will contribute greatly to the industry activation.

As all are important shown in 3.2.2, there is no need to make priorities among activities of WG 1, WG 11 and WG 12. Internet year is the dog year, which means the progress is faster than our expectation, thus we should be very much careful to keep up the intended schedule, or even more we should make harder work to reach our goal as quickly as possible. Every priority is the time and early completion of standardized specifications.