US20160300339A1 - Objective assessment method for stereoscopic video quality based on wavelet transform - Google Patents

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  • the present invention relates to a stereoscopic video quality assessment method, and more particularly to an objective assessment method for a stereoscopic video quality based on a wavelet transform.
  • the stereoscopic video quality assessment is divided into the subjective assessment and the objective assessment.
  • the key of the current stereoscopic video quality assessment field is how to establish an accurate and effective objective assessment model to assess the objective quality of the stereoscopic video.
  • most of the objective assessment methods for the stereoscopic video quality merely simply apply the plane video quality assessment method respectively for assessing the left viewpoint quality and the right viewpoint quality; such objective assessment methods fail to well deal with the relationship between the viewpoints nor consider the influence of the depth perception in the stereoscopic video on the stereoscopic video quality, resulting in the poor accuracy.
  • some of the conventional methods consider the relationship between the two eyes, the weighting between the left viewpoint and the right viewpoint is unreasonable and fails to accurately describe the perception characteristics of the human eyes to the stereoscopic video.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an objective assessment method for a stereoscopic video quality based on a wavelet transform, the method being able to effectively increase a correlation between an objective assessment result and a subjective perception.
  • An objective assessment method for a stereoscopic video quality based on a wavelet transform comprises steps of:
  • ⁇ circle around (2) ⁇ calculating a binocular fusion brightness of each pixel in each frame of a stereoscopic image of the V org ; denoting the binocular fusion brightness of a first pixel having coordinates of (u,v) in an fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the V org as B org f (u,v),
  • B org f ⁇ ( u , v ) ( I org R , f ⁇ ( u , v ) ) 2 + ( I org L , f ⁇ ( u , v ) ) 2 + 2 ⁇ ( I org R , f ⁇ ( u , v ) ⁇ I org L , f ⁇ ( u , v ) ⁇ cos ⁇ ⁇ ) ⁇ ⁇ ;
  • the f has an initial value of 1;
  • the N f represents a total frame number of the stereoscopic images respectively in the V org and the V dis ; 1 ⁇ u ⁇ U, 1 ⁇ v ⁇ V, wherein the U represents a width of the stereoscopic image respectively in the V org and the V dis , and the V represents a height of the stereoscopic image respectively in the V org and the V dis ;
  • the I org R,f (u,v) represents a brightness value org of a fifth pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in a right viewpoint image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the V org ;
  • the I org L,f (u,v) represents a brightness value of a sixth pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in a left viewpoint image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the V org ;
  • the I dis R,f (u,v) represents a brightness value of a seventh
  • n is an integer in a range of [3,5];
  • n GoF ⁇ N f 2 n ⁇ ,
  • ⁇ ⁇ is a round-down symbol; and 1 ⁇ i ⁇ n GoF ;
  • each frame group in the B org with a one-level three-dimensional wavelet transform, and obtaining eight groups of first sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the B org , wherein: the eight groups of the first sub-band sequences comprise four groups of first time-domain high-frequency sub-band sequences and four groups of first time-domain low-frequency sub-band sequences; and each group of the first sub-band sequence comprises
  • each frame group in the B dis with the one-level three-dimensional wavelet transform, and obtaining eight groups of second sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the B dis , wherein: the eight groups of the second sub-band sequences comprise four groups of second time-domain high-frequency sub-band sequences and four groups of second time-domain low-frequency sub-band sequences; and each group of the second sub-band sequence comprises
  • the K represents a total number of the wavelet coefficient matrixes respectively in each group of the first sub-band sequence corresponding to each frame group in the B org and each group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to each frame group in the B dis ;
  • the VI org i,j,k represents a kth first wavelet coefficient matrix of a jth group of the first sub-band sequence corresponding to the G org i ;
  • the VI dis i,j,k represents a kth second wavelet org coefficient matrix of the jth group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to the G dis i ;
  • the SSIM( ) is a structural similarity calculation function;
  • w i is a weight of the Q GoF i .
  • the f′ has an initial value of 2; 1 ⁇ s ⁇ U, 1 ⁇ t ⁇ V; the mv x (s,t) represents a horizontal component of the motion vector of a pixel having coordinates of (s,t) in the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the G dis i , and the mv y (s,t) represents a vertical component of the pixel having the coordinates of (s,t) in the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the G dis i ;
  • ⁇ circle around (7) ⁇ -4 calculating a background brightness image of each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the G dis i ; denoting the background brightness image of an f′′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the G dis i as BL dis i,f′′ ; and denoting a pixel value of a first pixel having coordinates of (p,q) in the BL dis i,f′ as BL dis i,f′′ (p,q),
  • the I dis i,f′′ (p+bi,q+bi) represents a pixel value of a pixel having coordinates of (p+bi,q+bi) in the f′′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the G dis i ; and the BO(bi+3,bj+3) represents an element at a subscript of (bi+3,bj+3) in a 5 ⁇ 5 background brightness operator;
  • LD dis i,f′ ( p,q ) ( I dis i,f′ ( p,q ) ⁇ I dis i,f′ ⁇ 1 ( p,q )+ BL dis i,f′ ( p,q ) ⁇ BL dis i,f′ ⁇ 1 ( p,q ))/2,
  • the I dis i,f′ (p,q) represents a pixel value of a third pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the G dis i ;
  • the I dis i,f′ ⁇ 1 (p,q) represents a pixel value of a fourth pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the f′-1th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the G dis i ;
  • the BL dis i,f′ (p,q) represents a pixel value of a fifth pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the background brightness image BL dis i,f′′ of the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the G dis i ;
  • the BL dis i,f′ ⁇ 1 (p,q) represents a pixel value of a sixth pixel having the coordinates
  • V MAavg [MA avg 1 ,MA avg 2 , . . . ,MA avg i , . . . ,MA avg n GoF ];
  • V LDavg [LDavg 1 , LDavg 2 , . . . , LDavg i , . . . , LDavg n GoF ]; wherein:
  • the MAavg 1 , the MAavg 2 , and the MAavg n GoF respectively represent the motion intensities of a first frame group, a second frame group and a n GoF th frame group in the B dis ;
  • the LDavg 1 , the LDavg 2 , and the LDavg n GoF respectively represent the brightness difference values of the first frame group, the second frame group and the n GoF th frame group in the B dis ;
  • v MAavg norm , i MAavg i - max ⁇ ( V MAavg ) max ⁇ ( V MAavg ) - min ⁇ ( V MAavg ) ;
  • v LDavg norm , i LDavg i - max ⁇ ( V LDavg ) max ⁇ ( V LDavg ) - min ⁇ ( V LDavg ) ;
  • the max( ) is a function to find a maximum and the min( ) is a function to find a minimum;
  • w G 0.8.
  • the present invention has following advantages.
  • the present invention fuses the brightness value of the pixels in the left viewpoint image with the brightness value of the pixels in the right viewpoint image in the stereoscopic image in a manner of binocular brightness information fusion, and obtains the binocular fusion brightness image of the stereoscopic image.
  • the manner of binocular brightness information fusion overcomes a difficulty in assessing a stereoscopic perception quality of the stereoscopic video quality assessment to some extent and effectively increases an accuracy of the stereoscopic video objective quality assessment.
  • the present invention applies the three-dimensional wavelet transform in the stereoscopic video quality assessment.
  • Each frame group in the binocular fusion brightness image video is processed with the one-level three-dimensional wavelet transform, and video time-domain information is described through a wavelet domain decomposition, which solves a difficulty in describing the video time-domain information to some extent and effectively increases the accuracy of the stereoscopic video objective quality assessment.
  • the method provided by the present invention when weighing the quality of each frame group in the binocular fusion brightness image video corresponding to the distorted stereoscopic video, the method provided by the present invention fully considers a sensitivity degree of a human eye visual characteristic to various kinds of information in the video, and determines the weight of each frame group based on the motion intensity and the brightness difference.
  • the stereoscopic video quality assessment method, provided by the present invention is more conform to a human eye subjective perception characteristic.
  • the FIGURE is an implementation block diagram of an objective assessment method for a stereoscopic video quality based on a wavelet transform according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • the present invention provides an objective assessment method for a stereoscopic video quality based on a wavelet transform, wherein an implementation block diagram thereof is showed in the FIGURE, comprising steps of:
  • ⁇ circle around (2) ⁇ calculating a binocular fusion brightness of each pixel in each frame of a stereoscopic image of the V org ; denoting the binocular fusion brightness of a first pixel having coordinates of (u,v) in an fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the V org as B org f (u,v),
  • B org f ⁇ ( u , v ) ( I org R , f ⁇ ( u , v ) ) 2 + ( I org L , f ⁇ ( u , v ) ) 2 + 2 ⁇ ( I org R , f ⁇ ( u , v ) ⁇ I org L , f ⁇ ( u , v ) ⁇ cos ⁇ ⁇ ) ⁇ ⁇ ;
  • the f has an initial value of 1;
  • the N f represents a total frame number of the stereoscopic images respectively in the V org and the V dis ; 1 ⁇ u ⁇ U, 1 ⁇ v ⁇ V; wherein the U represents a width of the stereoscopic image respectively in the V org and the V dis , and the V represents a height of the stereoscopic image respectively in the V org and the V dis ;
  • the I org R,f (u,v) represents a brightness value of a fifth pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in a right viewpoint image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the V org ;
  • the I org L,f (u,v) represents a brightness value of a sixth pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in a left viewpoint image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the V org ;
  • the I dis R,f (u,v) represents a brightness value of a seventh pixel
  • n GoF ⁇ N f 2 n ⁇ ,
  • ⁇ ⁇ is a round-down symbol; and 1 ⁇ i ⁇ n GoF ;
  • each frame group in the B org with a one-level three-dimensional wavelet transform, and obtaining eight groups of first sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the B org , wherein: the eight groups of the first sub-band sequences comprise four groups of first time-domain high-frequency sub-band sequences and four groups of first time-domain low-frequency sub-band sequences; each group of the first sub-band sequence comprises
  • the four groups of the first time-domain high-frequency sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the B org are respectively an original time-domain high-frequency approximate sequence HLL org , an original time-domain high-frequency horizontal detail sequence HLH org , an original time-domain high-frequency vertical detail sequence HHL org , and an original time-domain high-frequency diagonal detail sequence HHH org ; and the four groups of the first time-domain low-frequency sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the B org are respectively an original time-domain low-frequency approximate sequence LLL org , an original time-domain low-frequency horizontal detail sequence LLH org , an original time-domain low-frequency vertical detail sequence LHL org , and an original time-domain low-frequency diagonal detail sequence LHH org ; and
  • each frame group in the B dis with the one-level three-dimensional wavelet transform, and obtaining eight groups of second sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the B dis , wherein: the eight groups of the second sub-band sequences comprise four groups of second time-domain high-frequency sub-band sequences and four groups of second time-domain low-frequency sub-band sequences; each group of the second sub-band sequence comprises
  • the four groups of the second time-domain high-frequency sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the B dis are respectively a distorted time-domain high-frequency approximate sequence HLL dis , a distorted time-domain high-frequency horizontal detail sequence HLH dis , a distorted time-domain high-frequency vertical detail sequence HHL dis , and a distorted time-domain high-frequency diagonal detail sequence HHH dis ; and the four groups of the second time-domain low-frequency sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the B dis are respectively a distorted time-domain low-frequency approximate sequence LLL dis , a distorted time-domain low-frequency horizontal detail sequence LLH dis , a distorted time-domain low-frequency vertical detail sequence LHL dis , and a distorted time-domain low-frequency diagonal detail sequence LHH dis ; wherein:
  • the binocular fusion brightness image videos are processed with a time-domain decomposition through the three-dimensional wavelet transform; video time-domain information is described based on frequency components; and to finish processing the time-domain information in a wavelet domain solves a difficulty of a time-domain quality assessment in the video quality assessment to some extent and increases an accuracy of the assessment method;
  • the K represents a total number of the wavelet coefficient matrixes respectively in each group of the first sub-band sequence corresponding to each frame group in the B org and each group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to each frame group in the B dis ;
  • the VI org i,j,k represents a kth first wavelet coefficient matrix of a jth group of the first sub-band sequence corresponding to the G org i ;
  • the VI dis i,j,k represents a kth second wavelet coefficient matrix of the jth group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to the G dis i ;
  • SSIM( ) is a structural similarity calculation function
  • the ⁇ org represents a mean value of values of all elements in the VI org i,j,k ;
  • the ⁇ dis represents a mean value of values of all elements in the VI dis i,j,k ;
  • the ⁇ org represents a variance of the VI org i,j,k ;
  • the ⁇ dis represents a variance of the VI dis i,j,k ;
  • the ⁇ org-dis represents a covariance between the VI org i,j,k and the VI dis i,j,k ;
  • both the c 1 and the c 2 are constants;
  • the Q i,1 represents the quality of the first group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to the G dis i , namely the quality of the first group of the second time-domain high-frequency sub-band sequence corresponding to the G dis i ;
  • the Q i,5 represents the quality of the fifth group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to the G dis i , namely the quality of the first group of the second time-domain low-frequency sub-band sequence corresponding to
  • the w i is a weight of the Q GoF i ; and it is embodied that the w i is obtained through following steps:
  • the f′ has an initial value of 2; 1 ⁇ s ⁇ U, 1 ⁇ t ⁇ V; the mv x (s,t) represents a horizontal component of the motion vector of a pixel having coordinates of (s,t) in the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the G dis i and the mv y (s,t) represents a vertical component of the pixel having the coordinates of (s,t) in the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the G dis i ;
  • ⁇ circle around (7) ⁇ -4 calculating a background brightness image of each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the G dis i ; denoting the background brightness image of an f′′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the G dis i as BL dis i,f′′ ; and denoting a pixel value of a first pixel having coordinates of (p,q) in the BL dis i,f′′ as BL dis i,f′′ (p,q),
  • the I dis i,f′′ (p+bi,q+bi) represents a pixel value of a pixel having coordinates of (p+bi,q+bi) in the f′′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the G dis i ;
  • the BO(bi+3,bj+3) represents an element at a subscript of (bi+3,bj+3) in a 5 ⁇ 5 background brightness operator, wherein it is embodied that the 5 ⁇ 5 background brightness operator herein is
  • LD dis i,f′ ( p,q ) ( I dis i,f′ ( p,q ) ⁇ I dis i,f′ ⁇ 1 ( p,q )+ BL dis i,f′ ( p,q ) ⁇ BL dis i,f′ ⁇ 1 ( p,q ))/2,
  • the I dis i,f′ (p,q) represents a pixel value of a third pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the G dis i
  • the I dis i,f′ ⁇ 1 (p,q) represents a pixel value of a fourth pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the f′-1th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the G dis i
  • the BL dis i,f′ (p,q) represents a pixel value of a fifth pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the background brightness image BL dis i,f′′ of the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the G dis i
  • the BL dis i,f′ ⁇ 1 (p,q) represents a pixel value of a sixth pixel having the coordinates of (
  • V MAavg [MA avg 1 ,MA avg 2 , . . . ,MA avg i , . . . ,MA avg n GoF ];
  • V LDavg [LD avg 1 ,LD avg 2 , . . . ,LD avg i , . . . ,LD avg n GoF ]; wherein:
  • the MAavg 1 , the MAavg 2 , and the MAavg n GoF respectively represent the motion intensities of a first frame group, a second frame group and a n GoF th frame group in the B dis ;
  • the LDavg 1 , the LDavg 2 , and the LDavg n GoF respectively represent the brightness difference value of the first frame group, the second frame group and the n GoF th frame group in the B dis ;
  • v MAavg norm , i MAavg i - max ⁇ ( V MAavg ) max ⁇ ( V MAavg ) - min ⁇ ( V MAavg ) ;
  • v LDavg norm , i LDavg i - max ⁇ ( V LDavg ) max ⁇ ( V LDavg ) - min ⁇ ( V LDavg ) ;
  • the max( ) is a function to find a maximum and the min( ) is a function to find a minimum;
  • NAMA3DS1-CoSpaD1 stereoscopic video database (NAMA3D video database in short) provided by a French IRCCyN research institution is adopted for a verification test, for analyzing a correlation between an objective assessment result of the method provided by the present invention and a difference mean opinion score (DMOS).
  • the NAMA3D video database comprises 10 original high-definition stereoscopic videos showing different scenes. Each original high-definition stereoscopic video is treated with an H.264 coding compression distortion or a JPEG2000 coding compression distortion.
  • the H.264 coding compression distortion has 3 different distortion degrees, namely totally 30 first distorted stereoscopic videos; and the JPEG2000 coding compression distortion has 4 different distortion degrees, namely totally 40 second distorted stereoscopic videos.
  • the three objective parameters serve as assessment indexes.
  • the three objective parameters are respectively Correlation coefficient (CC), Spearman Rank Order Correlation coefficient (SROCC) and Rooted Mean Squared Error (RMSE).
  • a range of the value of the CC and the SROCC is [0, 1]. The nearer a value approximates to 1, the more accurate an objective assessment method is; otherwise, the objective assessment method is less accurate.
  • the assessment indexes, CC, SROCC and RMSE, for representing the performance of the method provided by the present invention are listed in Table 1.
  • the objective assessment quality of the distorted stereoscopic video which is obtained through the method provided by the present invention, has a good correlation with the DMOS.
  • the CC reaches 0.8712; the SROCC reaches 0.8532; and the RMSE is as low as 5.7212.
  • the CC reaches 0.9419; the SROCC reaches 0.9196; and the RMSE is as low as 4.1915.
  • the CC reaches 0.9201; the SROCC reaches 0.8910; and the RMSE is as low as 5.0523.
  • the objective assessment result of the method provided by the present invention is relatively consistent with a human eye subjective perception result, which fully proves the effectiveness of the method provided by the present invention.

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An objective assessment method for a stereoscopic video quality based on a wavelet transform fuses brightness values of pixels in a left viewpoint image and a right viewpoint image of a stereoscopic image in a manner of binocular brightness information fusion, and obtains a binocular fusion brightness image of the stereoscopic image. The manner of binocular brightness information fusion overcomes a difficulty in assessing a stereoscopic perception quality of a stereoscopic video quality assessment to some extent and effectively increases an accuracy of a stereoscopic video objective quality assessment. When weighing qualities of each frame group in a binocular fusion brightness image video corresponding to a distorted stereoscopic video, the objective assessment method fully considers a sensitivity degree of a human eye visual characteristic to various types of information in the video, and determines a weight of each frame group based on a motion intensity and a brightness difference.

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  • The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(a-d) to CN 201510164528.7, filed Apr. 8, 2015.
  • BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
  • 1. Field of Invention
  • The present invention relates to a stereoscopic video quality assessment method, and more particularly to an objective assessment method for a stereoscopic video quality based on a wavelet transform.
  • 2. Description of Related Arts
  • With the rapid development of the video coding technology and displaying technology, various types of video systems have been increasingly widely applied and gained attention, and gradually become the research focus in the information processing field. Because of the excellent watching experience, the stereoscopic video has become more and more popular, and the applications of the related technologies have greatly integrated into the current social life, such as the stereoscopic television, the stereoscopic film and the naked-eye 3D. However, during the process of capturing, compression, coding, transmission, and displaying of the stereoscopic video, it is inevitable to introduce different degrees and kinds of distortion due to a series of uncontrollable factors. Thus, how to accurately and effectively measure the video quality plays an important role in promoting the development of the various types of the video systems. The stereoscopic video quality assessment is divided into the subjective assessment and the objective assessment. The key of the current stereoscopic video quality assessment field is how to establish an accurate and effective objective assessment model to assess the objective quality of the stereoscopic video. Conventionally, most of the objective assessment methods for the stereoscopic video quality merely simply apply the plane video quality assessment method respectively for assessing the left viewpoint quality and the right viewpoint quality; such objective assessment methods fail to well deal with the relationship between the viewpoints nor consider the influence of the depth perception in the stereoscopic video on the stereoscopic video quality, resulting in the poor accuracy. Although some of the conventional methods consider the relationship between the two eyes, the weighting between the left viewpoint and the right viewpoint is unreasonable and fails to accurately describe the perception characteristics of the human eyes to the stereoscopic video. Moreover, most of the conventional time-domain weightings in the stereoscopic video quality assessment are merely a simple average weighting, while in fact the time-domain perception of the human eyes to the stereoscopic video is not merely the simple average weighting. Thus, the conventional objective assessment methods for the stereoscopic video quality fail to accurately reflect the perception characteristics of the human eyes, and have the inaccurate objective assessment results.
  • SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an objective assessment method for a stereoscopic video quality based on a wavelet transform, the method being able to effectively increase a correlation between an objective assessment result and a subjective perception.
  • Technical solutions of the present invention are described as follows.
  • An objective assessment method for a stereoscopic video quality based on a wavelet transform comprises steps of:
  • {circle around (1)} representing an original undistorted stereoscopic video by Vorg, and representing a distorted stereoscopic video to-be-assessed by Vdis;
  • {circle around (2)} calculating a binocular fusion brightness of each pixel in each frame of a stereoscopic image of the Vorg; denoting the binocular fusion brightness of a first pixel having coordinates of (u,v) in an fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vorg as Borg f(u,v),
  • B org f ( u , v ) = ( I org R , f ( u , v ) ) 2 + ( I org L , f ( u , v ) ) 2 + 2 ( I org R , f ( u , v ) × I org L , f ( u , v ) × cos ) × λ ;
  • then according to the respective binocular fusion brightnesses of all the pixels in each frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vorg, obtaining a binocular fusion brightness image of each frame of the stereoscopic image in the Vorg; denoting the binocular fusion brightness image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image in the Vorg as Borg f, wherein a second pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in the Borg f has a pixel value of the Borg f(u,v); according to the respective binocular fusion brightness images of all the stereoscopic images in the Vorg, obtaining a binocular fusion brightness image video corresponding to the Vorg, denoted as Borg, wherein an fth frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Borg is the Borg f; and
  • calculating a binocular fusion brightness of each pixel in each frame of a stereoscopic image of the Vdis; denoting the binocular fusion brightness of a third pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in an fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vdis as Bdis f(u,v),
  • B dis f ( u , v ) = ( I dis R , f ( u , v ) ) 2 + ( I dis L , f ( u , v ) ) 2 + 2 ( I dis R , f ( u , v ) × I dis L , f ( u , v ) × cos ) × λ ;
  • then according to the respective binocular fusion brightnesses of all the pixels in each frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vdis, obtaining a binocular fusion brightness image of each frame of the stereoscopic image in the Vdis; denoting the binocular fusion brightness image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image in the Vdis as Bdis f, wherein a fourth pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in the Bdis f has a pixel value of the Bdis f(u,v); according to the respective binocular fusion brightness images of all the stereoscopic images in the Vdis, obtaining a binocular fusion brightness image video corresponding to the Vdis, denoted as Bdis, wherein an fth frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Bdis is the Bdis f; wherein:
  • 1≦f≦Nf, wherein the f has an initial value of 1; the Nf represents a total frame number of the stereoscopic images respectively in the Vorg and the Vdis; 1≦u≦U, 1≦v≦V, wherein the U represents a width of the stereoscopic image respectively in the Vorg and the Vdis, and the V represents a height of the stereoscopic image respectively in the Vorg and the Vdis; the Iorg R,f(u,v) represents a brightness value org of a fifth pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in a right viewpoint image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vorg; the Iorg L,f(u,v) represents a brightness value of a sixth pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in a left viewpoint image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vorg; the Idis R,f(u,v) represents a brightness value of a seventh pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in a right viewpoint image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vdis; the Idis L,f(u,v) represents a brightness value of an eighth pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in a left viewpoint image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vdis; the ∂ represents a fusion angle and the λ represents a brightness parameter of a display;
  • {circle around (3)} adopting 2n frames of the binocular fusion brightness images as a frame group; respectively dividing the Borg and the Bdis into nGoF frame groups; denoting an ith frame group in the Borg as Gorg i; and denoting an ith frame group in the Bdis as Gdis i; wherein: the n is an integer in a range of [3,5];
  • n GoF = N f 2 n ,
  • wherein the └ ┘ is a round-down symbol; and 1≦i≦nGoF;
  • {circle around (4)} processing each frame group in the Borg with a one-level three-dimensional wavelet transform, and obtaining eight groups of first sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the Borg, wherein: the eight groups of the first sub-band sequences comprise four groups of first time-domain high-frequency sub-band sequences and four groups of first time-domain low-frequency sub-band sequences; and each group of the first sub-band sequence comprises
  • 2 n 2
  • first wavelet coefficient matrixes; and
  • processing each frame group in the Bdis with the one-level three-dimensional wavelet transform, and obtaining eight groups of second sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the Bdis, wherein: the eight groups of the second sub-band sequences comprise four groups of second time-domain high-frequency sub-band sequences and four groups of second time-domain low-frequency sub-band sequences; and each group of the second sub-band sequence comprises
  • 2 n 2
  • second wavelet coefficient matrixes;
  • {circle around (5)} calculating respective qualities of two groups among the eight groups of the second sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the Bdis; and denoting a quality of a jth group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gdis i as Qi,j,
  • Q i , j = k = 1 K SSIM ( VI org i , j , k , VI dis i , j , k ) K ,
  • wherein: j=1,5; 1≦k≦K; the K represents a total number of the wavelet coefficient matrixes respectively in each group of the first sub-band sequence corresponding to each frame group in the Borg and each group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to each frame group in the Bdis;
  • K = 2 n 2 ;
  • the VIorg i,j,k represents a kth first wavelet coefficient matrix of a jth group of the first sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gorg i; the VIdis i,j,k represents a kth second wavelet org coefficient matrix of the jth group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gdis i; the SSIM( ) is a structural similarity calculation function;
  • {circle around (6)} according to the respective qualities of the two groups among the eight groups of the second sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the Bdis, calculating a quality of each frame group in the Bdis; and denoting the quality of the Gdis i as QGoF i, QGoF i=wG×Qi,1+(1−wG)×Qi,5, wherein: the wG is a weight of the Qi,1; the Qi,1 represents the quality of a first group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gdis; and the Qi,5 represents the quality of a fifth group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gdis i; and
  • {circle around (7)} according to the quality of each frame group in the Bdis, calculating an objective assessment quality of the Vdis and denoting the objective assessment quality of the Vdis as Qv,
  • Q v = i = 1 n GoF w i × Q GoF i i = 1 n GoF w i ,
  • wherein the wi is a weight of the QGoF i.
  • The wi in the step {circle around (7)} is obtained through following steps:
  • {circle around (7)}-1, calculating a motion vector of each pixel in each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the Gdis i except a first frame of the binocular fusion brightness image, with a reference to a previous frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i except the first frame of the binocular fusion brightness image;
  • {circle around (7)}-2, according to the motion vector of each pixel in each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the Gdis i except the first frame of the binocular fusion brightness image, calculating a motion intensity of each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i except the first frame of the binocular fusion brightness image; and denoting the motion intensity degree of an f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i as MAf′,
  • MA f = 1 U × V s = 1 U t = 1 V ( ( mv x ( s , t ) ) 2 + ( mv y ( s , t ) ) 2 ) ,
  • wherein: 2≦f′≦2n; the f′ has an initial value of 2; 1≦s≦U, 1≦t≦V; the mvx(s,t) represents a horizontal component of the motion vector of a pixel having coordinates of (s,t) in the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i, and the mvy(s,t) represents a vertical component of the pixel having the coordinates of (s,t) in the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i;
  • {circle around (7)}-3, calculating a motion intensity of the Gdis i, denoted as MAavgi,
  • MAavg i = f = 2 2 n MA f 2 n - 1 ;
  • {circle around (7)}-4, calculating a background brightness image of each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i; denoting the background brightness image of an f″th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i as BLdis i,f″; and denoting a pixel value of a first pixel having coordinates of (p,q) in the BLdis i,f′ as BLdis i,f″(p,q),
  • BL dis i , f ( p , q ) = 1 32 bi = - 2 2 bj = - 2 2 I dis i , f ( p + bi , q + bi ) × BO ( bi + 3 , bj + 3 ) ,
  • wherein: 1≦f″2n; 3≦p≦U−2, 3≦q≦V−2; −2≦bi≦2, 2≦bj≦2; the Idis i,f″(p+bi,q+bi) represents a pixel value of a pixel having coordinates of (p+bi,q+bi) in the f″th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the Gdis i; and the BO(bi+3,bj+3) represents an element at a subscript of (bi+3,bj+3) in a 5×5 background brightness operator;
  • {circle around (7)}-5, calculating a brightness difference image between each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image and the previous frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i except the first frame of the binocular fusion brightness image; denoting the brightness difference image between the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i and an f′−1th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i as LDdis i,f′; and denoting a pixel value of a second pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the LDdis i,f′ as LDdis i,f′(p,q),

  • LD dis i,f′(p,q)=(I dis i,f′(p,q)−I dis i,f′−1(p,q)+BL dis i,f′(p,q)−BL dis i,f′−1(p,q))/2,
  • wherein: 2≦f′≦2n; 3≦p≦U−2, 3≦q≦V−2; the Idis i,f′(p,q) represents a pixel value of a third pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i; the Idis i,f′−1(p,q) represents a pixel value of a fourth pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the f′-1th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i; the BLdis i,f′(p,q) represents a pixel value of a fifth pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the background brightness image BLdis i,f″ of the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the Gdis i; and the BLdis i,f′−1(p,q) represents a pixel value of a sixth pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the background brightness image BLdis i,f′−1 of the f′-1th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the Gdis i;
  • {circle around (7)}-6, calculating a mean value of the pixel values of all the pixels in the brightness difference image between each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image and the previous frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i except the first frame of the binocular fusion brightness image; denoting the mean value of the pixel values of all the pixels in the LDdis i,f′ as LDi,f′; calculating a brightness difference value of the Gdis i and denoting the brightness difference value of the Gdis i as LDavg i,
  • LDavg i = f = 2 2 n LD i , f 2 n - 1 ;
  • {circle around (7)}-7, obtaining a motion intensity vector of the Bdis from the respective motion intensities of all the frame groups in the Bdis in order, and denoting the motion intensity vector of the Bdis as VMAavg,

  • V MAavg =[MAavg1 ,MAavg2 , . . . ,MAavgi , . . . ,MAavgn GoF ];
  • obtaining a brightness difference vector of the Bdis from the respective brightness difference values of all the frame groups in the Bdis in order, and denoting the brightness difference vector of the Bdis as VLDavg, VLDavg=[LDavg1, LDavg2, . . . , LDavgi, . . . , LDavgn GoF ]; wherein:
  • the MAavg1, the MAavg2, and the MAavgn GoF respectively represent the motion intensities of a first frame group, a second frame group and a nGoFth frame group in the Bdis; the LDavg1, the LDavg2, and the LDavgn GoF respectively represent the brightness difference values of the first frame group, the second frame group and the nGoFth frame group in the Bdis;
  • {circle around (7)}-8, processing the MAavgi with a normalization calculation, and obtaining a normalized motion intensity of the Gdis i, denoted as vMAavg norm,i,
  • v MAavg norm , i = MAavg i - max ( V MAavg ) max ( V MAavg ) - min ( V MAavg ) ;
  • processing the LDavgi with the normalization calculation, and obtaining a normalized brightness difference value of the Gdis i, denoted as VLDavg norm,i,
  • v LDavg norm , i = LDavg i - max ( V LDavg ) max ( V LDavg ) - min ( V LDavg ) ;
  • wherein the max( ) is a function to find a maximum and the min( ) is a function to find a minimum; and
  • {circle around (7)}-9, according to the vMAavg norm,i and the vLDavg norm,i, calculating the weight wi of the QGoF i, wi=(1−vMAavg norm,i)×vLDavg norm,i.
  • Preferably, in the step {circle around (6)}, wG=0.8.
  • Compared with the conventional technology, the present invention has following advantages.
  • Firstly, the present invention fuses the brightness value of the pixels in the left viewpoint image with the brightness value of the pixels in the right viewpoint image in the stereoscopic image in a manner of binocular brightness information fusion, and obtains the binocular fusion brightness image of the stereoscopic image. The manner of binocular brightness information fusion overcomes a difficulty in assessing a stereoscopic perception quality of the stereoscopic video quality assessment to some extent and effectively increases an accuracy of the stereoscopic video objective quality assessment.
  • Secondly, the present invention applies the three-dimensional wavelet transform in the stereoscopic video quality assessment. Each frame group in the binocular fusion brightness image video is processed with the one-level three-dimensional wavelet transform, and video time-domain information is described through a wavelet domain decomposition, which solves a difficulty in describing the video time-domain information to some extent and effectively increases the accuracy of the stereoscopic video objective quality assessment.
  • Thirdly, when weighing the quality of each frame group in the binocular fusion brightness image video corresponding to the distorted stereoscopic video, the method provided by the present invention fully considers a sensitivity degree of a human eye visual characteristic to various kinds of information in the video, and determines the weight of each frame group based on the motion intensity and the brightness difference. Thus, the stereoscopic video quality assessment method, provided by the present invention, is more conform to a human eye subjective perception characteristic.
  • These and other objectives, features, and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, the accompanying drawings, and the appended claims.
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  • The FIGURE is an implementation block diagram of an objective assessment method for a stereoscopic video quality based on a wavelet transform according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
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  • The present invention is further described with an accompanying drawing and a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the present invention provides an objective assessment method for a stereoscopic video quality based on a wavelet transform, wherein an implementation block diagram thereof is showed in the FIGURE, comprising steps of:
  • {circle around (1)} representing an original undistorted stereoscopic video by Vorg, and representing a distorted stereoscopic video to-be-assessed by Vdis;
  • {circle around (2)} calculating a binocular fusion brightness of each pixel in each frame of a stereoscopic image of the Vorg; denoting the binocular fusion brightness of a first pixel having coordinates of (u,v) in an fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vorg as Borg f(u,v),
  • B org f ( u , v ) = ( I org R , f ( u , v ) ) 2 + ( I org L , f ( u , v ) ) 2 + 2 ( I org R , f ( u , v ) × I org L , f ( u , v ) × cos ) × λ ;
  • then according to the respective binocular fusion brightnesses of all the pixels in each frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vorg, obtaining a binocular fusion brightness image of each frame of the stereoscopic image in the Vorg; denoting the binocular fusion brightness image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image in the Vorg as Borg f, wherein a second pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in the Borg f has a pixel value of the Borg f(u,v); according to the respective binocular fusion brightness images of all the stereoscopic images in the Vorg, obtaining a binocular fusion brightness image video corresponding to the Vorg, denoted as Borg, wherein an fth frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Borg is the Borg f; and
  • calculating a binocular fusion brightness of each pixel in each frame of a stereoscopic image of the Vdis; denoting the binocular fusion brightness of a third pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in an fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vdis as Bdis f(u,v),
  • B dis f ( u , v ) = ( I dis R , f ( u , v ) ) 2 + ( I dis L , f ( u , v ) ) 2 + 2 ( I dis R , f ( u , v ) × I dis L , f ( u , v ) × cos ) × λ ;
  • then according to the respective binocular fusion brightnesses of all the pixels in each frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vdis, obtaining a binocular fusion brightness image of each frame of the stereoscopic image in the Vdis; denoting the binocular fusion brightness image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image in the Vdis as Bdis f, wherein a fourth pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in the Bdis f has a pixel value of the Bdis f(u,v); according to the respective binocular fusion brightness images of all the stereoscopic images in the Vdis, obtaining a binocular fusion brightness image video corresponding to the Vdis, denoted as Bdis, wherein an fth frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Bdis is the Bdis f; wherein:
  • 1≦f≦Nf; wherein the f has an initial value of 1; the Nf represents a total frame number of the stereoscopic images respectively in the Vorg and the Vdis; 1≦u≦U, 1≦v≦V; wherein the U represents a width of the stereoscopic image respectively in the Vorg and the Vdis, and the V represents a height of the stereoscopic image respectively in the Vorg and the Vdis; the Iorg R,f(u,v) represents a brightness value of a fifth pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in a right viewpoint image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vorg; the Iorg L,f(u,v) represents a brightness value of a sixth pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in a left viewpoint image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vorg; the Idis R,f(u,v) represents a brightness value of a seventh pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in a right viewpoint image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vdis; the Idis L,f(u,v) represents a brightness value of an eighth pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in a left viewpoint image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vdis; the ∂ represents a fusion angle, wherein it is embodied that ∂=120° herein; and the λ represents a brightness parameter of a display, wherein it is embodied that λ=1 herein;
  • {circle around (3)} adopting 2n frames of the binocular fusion brightness images as a frame group; respectively dividing the Borg and the Bdis into nGoF frame groups; denoting an ith frame group in the Borg as Gorg i; and denoting an ith frame group in the Bdis as Gdis i; wherein: the n is an integer in a range of [3,5], wherein it is embodied that n=4 herein, namely adopting sixteen frames of the binocular fusion brightness images as the frame group; during a practical implementation, if a frame number of the binocular fusion brightness images respectively in the Borg and the Bdis is not a positive integral multiple of 2n, after orderly dividing the binocular fusion brightness images into a plurality of the frame groups, the redundant frames of the binocular fusion brightness images are not processed;
  • n GoF = N f 2 n ,
  • wherein the └ ┘ is a round-down symbol; and 1≦i≦nGoF;
  • {circle around (4)} processing each frame group in the Borg with a one-level three-dimensional wavelet transform, and obtaining eight groups of first sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the Borg, wherein: the eight groups of the first sub-band sequences comprise four groups of first time-domain high-frequency sub-band sequences and four groups of first time-domain low-frequency sub-band sequences; each group of the first sub-band sequence comprises
  • 2 n 2
  • first wavelet coefficient matrixes; herein, the four groups of the first time-domain high-frequency sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the Borg are respectively an original time-domain high-frequency approximate sequence HLLorg, an original time-domain high-frequency horizontal detail sequence HLHorg, an original time-domain high-frequency vertical detail sequence HHLorg, and an original time-domain high-frequency diagonal detail sequence HHHorg; and the four groups of the first time-domain low-frequency sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the Borg are respectively an original time-domain low-frequency approximate sequence LLLorg, an original time-domain low-frequency horizontal detail sequence LLHorg, an original time-domain low-frequency vertical detail sequence LHLorg, and an original time-domain low-frequency diagonal detail sequence LHHorg; and
  • processing each frame group in the Bdis with the one-level three-dimensional wavelet transform, and obtaining eight groups of second sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the Bdis, wherein: the eight groups of the second sub-band sequences comprise four groups of second time-domain high-frequency sub-band sequences and four groups of second time-domain low-frequency sub-band sequences; each group of the second sub-band sequence comprises
  • 2 n 2
  • second wavelet coefficient matrixes; herein, the four groups of the second time-domain high-frequency sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the Bdis are respectively a distorted time-domain high-frequency approximate sequence HLLdis, a distorted time-domain high-frequency horizontal detail sequence HLHdis, a distorted time-domain high-frequency vertical detail sequence HHLdis, and a distorted time-domain high-frequency diagonal detail sequence HHHdis; and the four groups of the second time-domain low-frequency sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the Bdis are respectively a distorted time-domain low-frequency approximate sequence LLLdis, a distorted time-domain low-frequency horizontal detail sequence LLHdis, a distorted time-domain low-frequency vertical detail sequence LHLdis, and a distorted time-domain low-frequency diagonal detail sequence LHHdis; wherein:
  • in the present invention, the binocular fusion brightness image videos are processed with a time-domain decomposition through the three-dimensional wavelet transform; video time-domain information is described based on frequency components; and to finish processing the time-domain information in a wavelet domain solves a difficulty of a time-domain quality assessment in the video quality assessment to some extent and increases an accuracy of the assessment method;
  • {circle around (5)} calculating respective qualities of two groups among the eight groups of the second sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the Bdis; and denoting a quality of a jth group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gdis i as Qi,j,
  • Q i , j = k = 1 K SSIM ( VI org i , j , k , VI dis i , j , k ) K ,
  • wherein:
  • j=1,5, wherein: a first group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gdis i is a first group of the second time-domain high-frequency sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gdis i when j=1; and a fifth group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gdis i is a first group of the second time-domain low-frequency sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gdis i when j=5;
  • 1≦k≦K, wherein: the K represents a total number of the wavelet coefficient matrixes respectively in each group of the first sub-band sequence corresponding to each frame group in the Borg and each group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to each frame group in the Bdis; and
  • K = 2 n 2 ;
  • the VIorg i,j,k represents a kth first wavelet coefficient matrix of a jth group of the first sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gorg i;
  • the VIdis i,j,k represents a kth second wavelet coefficient matrix of the jth group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gdis i; and
  • SSIM( ) is a structural similarity calculation function,
  • SSIM ( VI org i , j , k , VI dis i , j , k ) = ( 2 μ org μ dis + c 1 ) ( 2 σ org - dis + c 2 ) ( μ org 2 + μ dis 2 + c 1 ) ( σ org 2 + σ dis 2 + c 2 ) ,
  • wherein: the μorg represents a mean value of values of all elements in the VIorg i,j,k; the μdis represents a mean value of values of all elements in the VIdis i,j,k; the σorg represents a variance of the VIorg i,j,k; the σdis represents a variance of the VIdis i,j,k; the σorg-dis represents a covariance between the VIorg i,j,k and the VIdis i,j,k; both the c1 and the c2 are constants; the c1 and the c2 prevents a denominator from being 0; and it is embodied that c1=0.05 and c2=0.05 herein;
  • {circle around (6)} according to the respective qualities of two groups among the eight groups of the second sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the Bdis calculating a quality of each frame group in the Bdis; and denoting the quality of the Gdis i as QGoF i, QGoF i=wG×Qi,1+(1−wG)×Qi,5, wherein: the wG is a weight of the Qi,1, wherein it is embodied that wG=0.8 herein; the Qi,1 represents the quality of the first group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gdis i, namely the quality of the first group of the second time-domain high-frequency sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gdis i; the Qi,5 represents the quality of the fifth group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gdis i, namely the quality of the first group of the second time-domain low-frequency sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gdis i; and
  • {circle around (7)} according to the quality of each frame group in the Bdis, calculating an objective assessment quality of the Vdis and denoting the objective assessment quality of the Vdis as Qv,
  • Q v = i = 1 n GoF w i × Q GoF i i = 1 n GoF w i ,
  • wherein: the wi is a weight of the QGoF i; and it is embodied that the wi is obtained through following steps:
  • {circle around (7)}-1, calculating a motion vector of each pixel in each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the Gdis i except a first frame of the binocular fusion brightness image, with a reference to a previous frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i except the first frame of the binocular fusion brightness image;
  • {circle around (7)}-2, according to the motion vector of each pixel in each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the Gdis i except the first frame of the binocular fusion brightness image, calculating a motion intensity of each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i except the first frame of the binocular fusion brightness image; and denoting the motion intensity of an f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i as MAf′,
  • MA f = 1 U × V s = 1 U t = 1 V ( ( mv x ( s , t ) ) 2 + ( mv y ( s , t ) ) 2 ) ,
  • wherein: 2≦f′≦2n; the f′ has an initial value of 2; 1≦s≦U, 1≦t≦V; the mvx(s,t) represents a horizontal component of the motion vector of a pixel having coordinates of (s,t) in the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i and the mvy(s,t) represents a vertical component of the pixel having the coordinates of (s,t) in the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i;
  • {circle around (7)}-3, calculating a motion intensity of the Gdis i, denoted as MAavgi,
  • MAavg i = f = 2 2 n MA f 2 n - 1 ;
  • {circle around (7)}-4, calculating a background brightness image of each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i; denoting the background brightness image of an f″th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i as BLdis i,f″; and denoting a pixel value of a first pixel having coordinates of (p,q) in the BLdis i,f″ as BLdis i,f″(p,q),
  • BL dis i , f ( p , q ) = 1 32 bi = - 2 2 bj = - 2 2 I dis i , f ( p + bi , q + bi ) × BO ( bi + 3 , bj + 3 ) ,
  • wherein: 1≦f″≦2n; 3≦p≦U−2, 3≦q≦V−2; −2≦bi≦2, −2≦bj≦2; the Idis i,f″(p+bi,q+bi) represents a pixel value of a pixel having coordinates of (p+bi,q+bi) in the f″th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the Gdis i; and the BO(bi+3,bj+3) represents an element at a subscript of (bi+3,bj+3) in a 5×5 background brightness operator, wherein it is embodied that the 5×5 background brightness operator herein is
  • [ 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 ] ;
  • {circle around (7)}-5, calculating a brightness difference image between each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image and the previous frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i except the first frame of the binocular fusion brightness image; denoting the brightness difference image between the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i and an f′−1th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i as LDdis i,f′; and denoting a pixel value of a second pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the LDdis i,f′ as LDdis i,f′(p,q),

  • LD dis i,f′(p,q)=(I dis i,f′(p,q)−I dis i,f′−1(p,q)+BL dis i,f′(p,q)−BL dis i,f′−1(p,q))/2,
  • wherein: 2≦f′≦2n; 3≦p≦U−2, 3≦q≦V−2; the Idis i,f′(p,q) represents a pixel value of a third pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i the Idis i,f′−1(p,q) represents a pixel value of a fourth pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the f′-1th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i; the BLdis i,f′(p,q) represents a pixel value of a fifth pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the background brightness image BLdis i,f″ of the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the Gdis i; and the BLdis i,f′−1(p,q) represents a pixel value of a sixth pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the background brightness image BLdis i,f′−1 of the f′−1th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the Gdis i;
  • {circle around (7)}-6, calculating a mean value of the pixel values of all the pixels in the brightness difference image between each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image and the previous frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i except the first frame of the binocular fusion brightness image; denoting the mean value of the pixel values of all the pixels in the LDdis i,f′ as LDi,f′; calculating a brightness difference value of the Gdis i and denoting the brightness difference value of the Gdis i as LDavgi,
  • LDavg i = f = 2 2 n LD i , f 2 n - 1 ;
  • {circle around (7)}-7, obtaining a motion intensity vector of the Bdis from the respective motion intensities of all the frame groups in the Bdis in order, and denoting the motion intensity vector of the Bdis as VMAavg,

  • V MAavg =[MAavg1 ,MAavg2 , . . . ,MAavgi , . . . ,MAavgn GoF ];
  • obtaining a brightness difference vector of the Bdis from the respective brightness difference values of all the frame groups in the Bdis in order, and denoting the brightness difference vector of the Bdis as VLDavg,

  • V LDavg =[LDavg1 ,LDavg2 , . . . ,LDavgi , . . . ,LDavgn GoF ]; wherein:
  • the MAavg1, the MAavg2, and the MAavgn GoF respectively represent the motion intensities of a first frame group, a second frame group and a nGoFth frame group in the Bdis; the LDavg1, the LDavg2, and the LDavgn GoF respectively represent the brightness difference value of the first frame group, the second frame group and the nGoFth frame group in the Bdis;
  • {circle around (7)}-8, processing the MAavgi with a normalization calculation, and obtaining a normalized motion intensity of the Gdis i, denoted as vMAavg norm,i,
  • v MAavg norm , i = MAavg i - max ( V MAavg ) max ( V MAavg ) - min ( V MAavg ) ;
  • processing the LDavgi with the normalization calculation, and obtaining a normalized brightness difference value of the Gdis i, denoted as vLDavg norm,i,
  • v LDavg norm , i = LDavg i - max ( V LDavg ) max ( V LDavg ) - min ( V LDavg ) ;
  • wherein the max( ) is a function to find a maximum and the min( ) is a function to find a minimum; and
  • {circle around (7)}-9, according to the vMAavg norm,i and the vLDavg norm,i, calculating the weight wi of the QGoF i, wi=(1−vMAavg norm,i)×vLDavg norm,i.
  • In order to illustrate effectiveness and feasibility of the method provided by the present invention, a NAMA3DS1-CoSpaD1 stereoscopic video database (NAMA3D video database in short) provided by a French IRCCyN research institution is adopted for a verification test, for analyzing a correlation between an objective assessment result of the method provided by the present invention and a difference mean opinion score (DMOS). The NAMA3D video database comprises 10 original high-definition stereoscopic videos showing different scenes. Each original high-definition stereoscopic video is treated with an H.264 coding compression distortion or a JPEG2000 coding compression distortion. The H.264 coding compression distortion has 3 different distortion degrees, namely totally 30 first distorted stereoscopic videos; and the JPEG2000 coding compression distortion has 4 different distortion degrees, namely totally 40 second distorted stereoscopic videos. Through the steps {circle around (1)}-{circle around (7)} of the method provided by the present invention, the above 70 distorted stereoscopic videos are calculated in the same manner to obtain an objective assessment quality of each distorted stereoscopic video relative to a corresponding undistorted stereoscopic video; then the objective assessment quality of each distorted stereoscopic video is processed through a four-parameter Logistic function non-linear fitting with the DMOS; and finally, a performance index value between the objective assessment result and a subjective perception is obtained. Herein, three common objective parameters for assessing a video quality assessment method serve as assessment indexes. The three objective parameters are respectively Correlation coefficient (CC), Spearman Rank Order Correlation coefficient (SROCC) and Rooted Mean Squared Error (RMSE). A range of the value of the CC and the SROCC is [0, 1]. The nearer a value approximates to 1, the more accurate an objective assessment method is; otherwise, the objective assessment method is less accurate. The smaller RMSE, the higher accuracy of a predication of the objective assessment method, and the better performance of the objective assessment method; otherwise, the predication of the objective assessment method is worse. The assessment indexes, CC, SROCC and RMSE, for representing the performance of the method provided by the present invention are listed in Table 1. According to data listed in the Table 1, the objective assessment quality of the distorted stereoscopic video, which is obtained through the method provided by the present invention, has a good correlation with the DMOS. For H.264 coding compression distorted videos, the CC reaches 0.8712; the SROCC reaches 0.8532; and the RMSE is as low as 5.7212. For JPEG2000 coding compression distorted videos, the CC reaches 0.9419; the SROCC reaches 0.9196; and the RMSE is as low as 4.1915. For an overall distorted video comprising both the H.264 coding compression distorted videos and the JPEG2000 coding compression distorted videos, the CC reaches 0.9201; the SROCC reaches 0.8910; and the RMSE is as low as 5.0523. Thus, the objective assessment result of the method provided by the present invention is relatively consistent with a human eye subjective perception result, which fully proves the effectiveness of the method provided by the present invention.
  • TABLE 1
    Correlation between objective assessment quality
    of distorted stereoscopic video calculated through
    method provided by present invention and DMOS
    CC SROCC RMSE
    30 H.264 coding compression 0.8712 0.8532 5.7212
    stereoscopic videos
    40 JPEG2000 coding compression 0.9419 0.9196 4.1915
    stereoscopic videos
    Totally 70 distorted 0.9201 0.8910 5.0523
    stereoscopic videos
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  • It will thus be seen that the objects of the present invention have been fully and effectively accomplished. Its embodiments have been shown and described for the purposes of illustrating the functional and structural principles of the present invention and is subject to change without departure from such principles. Therefore, this invention includes all modifications encompassed within the spirit and scope of the following claims.

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1. An objective assessment method for a stereoscopic video quality based on a wavelet transform, comprising steps of:
{circle around (1)} representing an original undistorted stereoscopic video by Vorg, and representing a distorted stereoscopic video to-be-assessed by Vdis;
{circle around (2)} calculating a binocular fusion brightness of each pixel in each frame of a stereoscopic image of the Vorg; denoting the binocular fusion brightness of a first pixel having coordinates of (u,v) in an fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vorg as Borg f(u,v),
B org f ( u , v ) = ( I org R , f ( u , v ) ) 2 + ( I org L , f ( u , v ) ) 2 + 2 ( I org R , f ( u , v ) × I org L , f ( u , v ) × cos ) × λ ;
then according to the respective binocular fusion brightnesses of all the pixels in each frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vorg, obtaining a binocular fusion brightness image of each frame of the stereoscopic image in the Vorg; denoting the binocular fusion brightness image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image in the Vorg as Borg f, wherein a second pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in the Borg f has a pixel value of the Borg f(u,v); according to the respective binocular fusion brightness images of all the stereoscopic images in the Vorg, obtaining a binocular fusion brightness image video corresponding to the Vorg, denoted as Borg, wherein an fth frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Borg is the Borg f; and
calculating a binocular fusion brightness of each pixel in each frame of a stereoscopic image of the Vdis; denoting the binocular fusion brightness of a third pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in an fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vdis as Bdis f(u,v),
B dis f ( u , v ) = ( I dis R , f ( u , v ) ) 2 + ( I dis L , f ( u , v ) ) 2 + 2 ( I dis R , f ( u , v ) × I dis L , f ( u , v ) × cos ) × λ ;
then according to the respective binocular fusion brightnesses of all the pixels in each frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vdis, obtaining a binocular fusion brightness image of each frame of the stereoscopic image in the Vdis; denoting the binocular fusion brightness image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image in the Vdis as Bdis f, wherein a fourth pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in the Bdis f has a pixel value of the Bdis f(u,v); according to the respective binocular fusion brightness images of all the stereoscopic images in the Vdis, obtaining a binocular fusion brightness image video corresponding to the Vdis, denoted as Bdis, wherein an fth frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Bdis is the Bdis f; wherein:
1≦f≦Nf wherein the f has an initial value of 1; the Nf represents a total frame number of the stereoscopic images respectively in the Vorg and the Vdis; 1≦u≦U, 1≦v≦V wherein the U represents a width of the stereoscopic image respectively in the Vorg and the Vdis, and the V represents a height of the stereoscopic image respectively in the Vorg and the Vdis; the Iorg R,f(u,v) represents a brightness value of a fifth pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in a right viewpoint image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vorg; the Iorg L,f(u,v) represents a brightness value of a sixth pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in a left viewpoint image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vorg the Idis R,f(u,v) represents a brightness value of a seventh pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in a right viewpoint image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vdis; the Idis L,f(u,v) represents a brightness value of an eighth pixel having the coordinates of (u,v) in a left viewpoint image of the fth frame of the stereoscopic image of the Vdis; the ∂ represents a fusion angle; and the λ represents a brightness parameter of a display;
{circle around (3)} adopting 2n frames of the binocular fusion brightness images as a frame group; respectively dividing the Borg and the Bdis into nGoF frame groups; denoting an ith frame group in the Borg as Gorg i and denoting an ith frame group in the Bdis as Gdis i; wherein: the n is an integer in a range of [3,5];
n GoF = N f 2 n ,
wherein the └ ┘ is a round-down symbol; and 1≦i≦nGoF;
{circle around (4)} processing each frame group in the Borg with a one-level three-dimensional wavelet transform, and obtaining eight groups of first sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the Borg, wherein: the eight groups of the first sub-band sequences comprise four groups of first time-domain high-frequency sub-band sequences and four groups of first time-domain low-frequency sub-band sequences; and each group of the first sub-band sequence comprises
2 n 2
first wavelet coefficient matrixes; and
processing each frame group in the Bdis with the one-level three-dimensional wavelet transform, and obtaining eight groups of second sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the Bdis, wherein: the eight groups of the second sub-band sequences comprise four groups of second time-domain high-frequency sub-band sequences and four groups of second time-domain low-frequency sub-band sequences; and each group of the second sub-band sequence comprises
2 n 2
second wavelet coefficient matrixes;
{circle around (5)} calculating respective qualities of two groups among the eight groups of the second sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the Bdis; and denoting a quality of a jth group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gdis i as Qi,j,
Q i , j = k = 1 K SSIM ( VI org i , j , k , VI dis i , j , k ) K ,
wherein: j=1,5; the 1≦k≦K; the K represents a total number of the wavelet coefficient matrixes respectively in each group of the first sub-band sequence corresponding to each frame group in the Borg and each group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to each frame group in the Bdis; and
K = 2 n 2 ;
the VIorg i,j,k represents a kth first wavelet coefficient matrix of a jth group of the first sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gorg i; VIdis i,j,k represents a kth second wavelet coefficient matrix of the jth group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gdis i; and SSIM( ) is a structural similarity calculation function;
{circle around (6)} according to the respective qualities of two groups among the eight groups of the second sub-band sequences corresponding to each frame group in the Bdis, calculating a quality of each frame group in the Bdis; and denoting the quality of the Gdis i as QGoF i=wGλQi,1+(1−wG)×Qi,5, wherein: the wG is a weight of the Qi,1; the Qi,1 represents the quality of a first group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gdis i; and the Qi,5 represents the quality of a fifth group of the second sub-band sequence corresponding to the Gdis i; and
{circle around (7)} according to the quality of each frame group in the Bdis, calculating an objective assessment quality of the Vdis and denoting the objective assessment quality of the Vdis as Qv,
Q v = i = 1 n GoF w i × Q GoF i i = 1 n GoF w i ,
wherein the wi is a weight of the QGoF i.
2. The objective assessment method for the stereoscopic video quality based on the wavelet transform, as recited in claim 1, wherein the wi in the step {circle around (7)} is obtained through steps of:
{circle around (7)}-1, calculating a motion vector of each pixel in each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the Gdis i except a first frame of the binocular fusion brightness image, with a reference to a previous frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i except the first frame of the binocular fusion brightness image;
{circle around (7)}-2, according to the motion vector of each pixel in each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the Gdis i except the first frame of the binocular fusion brightness image, calculating a motion intensity of each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i except the first frame of the binocular fusion brightness image; and denoting the motion intensity of an f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i as MAf′,
MA f = 1 U × V s = 1 U t = 1 V ( ( mv x ( s , t ) ) 2 + ( mv y ( s , t ) ) 2 ) ;
wherein: 2≦f′≦2n; the f′ has an initial value of 2; 1≦s≦U, 1≦t≦V; the mvx(s,t) represents a horizontal component of the motion vector of a pixel having coordinates of (s,t) in the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i and the mvy(s,t) represents a vertical component of the pixel having the coordinates of (s,t) in the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i;
{circle around (7)}-3, calculating a motion intensity of the Gdis i, denoted as MAavgi,
MAavg i = f = 2 2 n MA f 2 n - 1 ;
{circle around (7)}-4, calculating a background brightness image of each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i; denoting the background brightness image of an f″th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i as BLdis i,f″; and denoting a pixel value of a first pixel having coordinates of (p,q) in the BLdis i,f″ as BLdis i,f″(p,q),
BL dis i , f n ( p , q ) = 1 32 bi = - 2 2 bj = - 2 2 I dis i , f n ( p + bi , q + bi ) × BO ( bi + 3 , bj + 3 ) ,
wherein: 1≦f″≦2n; 3≦p≦U−2, 3≦q≦V−2; −2≦bi≦2, −2≦bj≦2; the Idis i,f′(p+bi,q+bi) represents a pixel value of a pixel having coordinates of (p+bi,q+bi) in the f″th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the Gdis i; and the BO(bi+3,bj+3) represents an element at a subscript of (bi+3,bj+3) in a 5×5 background brightness operator;
{circle around (7)}-5, calculating a brightness difference image between each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image and the previous frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i except the first frame of the binocular fusion brightness image; denoting the brightness difference image between the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i and an f′−1th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i as LDdis i,f′; and denoting a pixel value of a second pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the LDdis i,f′ as LDdis i,f′(p,q),

LD dis i,f′(p,q)=(I dis i,f′(p,q)−I dis i,f′−1(p,q)+BL dis i,f′(p,q)−BL dis i,f′−1(p,q))/2,
wherein: 2≦f′≦2n; 3≦p≦U−2, 3≦q≦V−2; the Idis i,f′(p,q) represents a pixel value of a third pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i; the Idis i,f′−1(p,q) represents a pixel value of a fourth pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the f′−1th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i; the BLdis i,f′(p,q) represents a pixel value of a fifth pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the background brightness image BLdis i,f″ of the f′th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the Gdis i; and the BLdis i,f′−1(p,q) represents a pixel value of a sixth pixel having the coordinates of (p,q) in the background brightness image BLdis i,f′−1 of the f′−1th frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of the Gdis i;
{circle around (7)}-6, calculating a mean value of the pixel values of all the pixels in the brightness difference image between each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image and the previous frame of the binocular fusion brightness image of each frame of the binocular fusion brightness image in the Gdis i except the first frame of the binocular fusion brightness image; denoting the mean value of the pixel values of all the pixels in the LDdis i,f′ as LDi,f′; calculating a brightness difference value of the Gdis i and denoting the brightness difference value of the Gdis i as LDavgi,
LDavg i = f = 2 2 n LD i , f 2 n - 1 ;
{circle around (7)}-7, obtaining a motion intensity vector of the Bdis from the respective motion intensities of all the frame groups in the Bdis in order, and denoting the motion intensity vector of the Bdis as VMAavg,

V MAavg =[MAavg1 ,MAavg2 , . . . ,MAavgi , . . . ,MAavgn GoF ];
obtaining a brightness difference vector of the Bdis from the respective brightness difference values of all the frame groups in the Bdis in order, and denoting the brightness difference vector of the Bdis as VLDavg,

V LDavg =[LDavg1 ,LDavg2 , . . . ,LDavgi , . . . ,LDavgn GoF ]; wherein:
the MAavg1, the MAavg2, and the MAavgn GoF respectively represent the motion intensities of a first frame group, a second frame group and a nGoFth frame group in the Bdis; the LDavg1, the LDavg2, and the LDavgn GoF respectively represent the brightness difference value of the first frame group, the second frame group and the nGoFth frame group in the Bdis;
{circle around (7)}-8, processing the MAavgi with a normalization calculation, and obtaining a normalized motion intensity of the Gdis i, denoted as vMAavg norm,i,
v MAavg norm , i = MAavg i - max ( V MAavg ) max ( V MAavg ) - min ( V MAavg ) ;
processing the LDavgi with the normalization calculation, and obtaining a norm normalized brightness difference value of the Gdis i, denoted as vLDavg norm,i,
v LDavg norm , i = LDavg i - max ( V LDavg ) max ( V LDavg ) - min ( V LDavg ) ;
wherein the max( ) is a maximum function and the min( ) is a minimum function; and
{circle around (7)}-9, according to the vMAavg norm,i and the vLDavg norm,i, calculating the weight wi of the QGoF i; wi=(1−vMAavg norm,i)×vLDavg norm,i.
3. The objective assessment method for the stereoscopic video quality based on the wavelet transform, as recited in claim 1, wherein: in the step {circle around (6)}, wG=0.8.
4. The objective assessment method for the stereoscopic video quality based on the wavelet transform, as recited in claim 2, wherein: in the step {circle around (6)}, wG=0.8.
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