Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories

Huifang Sun

MERL Research / Technical Staff
MERL Fellow, IEEE Fellow
Ph.D., University of Ottawa, 1986

Phone: (617) 621 7540
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Publications:

Cohen, R.A.; Klomp, S.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Direction-Adaptive Transforms for Coding Prediction Residuals", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), ISSN 1522-4880, pp. 185-188, September 2010 (IEEE Xplore, TR2010-090)

Liu, L.; Cohen, R.A.; Sun, H.; Vetro, A.; Zhuang, X., "New Techniques for Next Generation Video Coding", IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB), ISBN: 978 1 4244 4461 8, pp. 1-6, March 2010 (IEEE Xplore, TR2010-058)

Porikli, F.; Sun, H., "Compressed Domain Video Object Segmentation", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2009.2020253, pp. 2-14, January 2010 (IEEE Xplore, TR2005-040)

*   Zhong, J.; Sun, H., "Wavelet-Based Multiscale Anisotropic Diffusion with Adaptive Statistical Analysis for Image Restoration", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, ISSN: 1549-8328, Vol. 55, Issue 9, pp. 2716-2725, October 2008 (IEEE Explore, TR2008-067)

Xin, J.; Li, J.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H.; Sekiguchi, S., "Motion Mapping for MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC Transcoding", Multimedia Tools and Applications, November 2007 (TR2007-004)

Jun Xin, Jianjun Li, Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun, Shun-ichi Sekiguchi, "Motion Mapping for MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC Transcoding", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), May 2007 (TR2007-085)

Sun, H.; Vetro, A.; Xin, J., "An Overview of Scalable Video Streaming: Research Articles", Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing, ISSN: 1530-8669, Vol. 7, Issue 2, pp. 159-172, February 2007 (TR2007-007)

Xin, J.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H.; Su, Y., "Efficient MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC Transcoding of Intra Coded Video", EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, ISSN: 1110-8657, Vol. 2007, Issue 1, pp. 217, January 2007 (ACM Portal, TR2007-086)

Martinian, E.; Behrens, A.; Xin, J.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Extensions of H.264/AVC for Multiview Video Compression", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), ISSN: 1522-4880, pp. 2981-2984, October 2006 (IEEE Xplore, TR2006-048)

*   Cheng, H.; Zhang, X.M.; Shi, Y.Q.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Constant Quality Rate Allocation for FGS Coding Using Composite R-D Analysis", IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, ISSN: 1520-9210, Vol. 8, Issue 2, pp. 405-407, April 2006 (IEEE Xplore, TR2006-019)

Vetro, A.; Xin, J.; Sun, H., "Error Resillence Video Transcoding for Wireless Communications", IEEE Wireless Communications, ISSN: 1536-1284, Vol. 12, Issue 4, pp. 14-21, August 2005 (IEEE Xplore, TR2005-102)

Wu, M.; Vetro, A.; Yedidia, J.; Sun, H.; Chen, C. W., "A Study of Encoding and Decoding Techniques for Syndrome-Based Video Coding", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Vol. 4, pp. 3427-3530, May 2005 (IEEE Xplore, TR2005-038)

Su, Y.; Xin, J.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Efficient MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC Intra Transcoding in Transform-domain", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Vol. 2, pp. 1234-1237, May 2005 (IEEE Xplore, TR2005-039)

*   Xie, L.; Kennedy, L.; Chang, S-F; Divakaaran, A.; Sun, H.; Lin, C-Y, "Layered Dynamic Mixture Model for Pattern Discovery in Asynchronous Multi-Modal Streams", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), ISSN: 1520-6149, Vol. 2, pp. 1053-1056, March 2005 (IEEE Xplore, TR2005-078)

Xin, J.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Efficient Macroblock Coding-mode Decision for H.264/AVC Video Coding", Picture Coding Symposium (PCS), December 2004 (PCS 2004, TR2004-079)

Xin, J.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Converting DCT Coefficients to H.264/AVC Transform Coefficients", IEEE Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM), Lecure Notes in Computer Science, ISSN: 0302-9743, Vol. 3332/2004 pp. 939, November 2004 (Springer-Verlag, TR2004-058)

Kong, H.S.; Nie, Y.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H.; Barner, K., "Adaptive Fuzzy Post-Filtering for Highly Compressed Video", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), ISSN: 1522-4880, Vol. 3, pp. 1803-1806, October 2004 (IEEE Xplore, TR2004-131)

Xie, L.; Kennedy, L.; Chang, S-F; Divakaran, A.; Sun, H.; Lin, C-Y, "Discovering Meaningful Multimedia Patterns with Audio-Visual Concepts and Associated Text", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), ISSN: 1522-4880, Vol. 4, pp. 2383-2386, October 2004 (IEEE Xplore, TR2004-128)

Yin, P.; Vetro, A.; Liu, B.; Sun, H., "Drift Compensation for Reduced Spatial Resolution Transcoding: A Summary", IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, ISSN; 1531-636X, Vol. 4, Issue 2, pp. 32-36, June 2004 (IEEE Xplore)

Kong, H-S; Nie, Y.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H.; Barner, K.E., "Coding Artifact Reduction Using Edge Map Guided Adaptive and Fuzzy Filter", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), June 2004 (ICME 2004, TR2004-056)

Xie, L.; Xu, P.; Chang, S-F; Divakaran, A.; Sun, H., "Structure Analysis of Soccer Video with Domain Knowledge and Hidden Markov Models ", Pattern Recognition Letters, Vol. 25, Issue 7, pp. 767-775, May 2004

Kong, H-S; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Edge Map Guided Adaptive Post-Filter for Blocking and Ringing Artifacts Removal", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Vol. 3, pp. 929-932, May 2004 (IEEE Xplore, TR2004-003)

Xia, M.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H.; Liu, B., "Rate-Distortion Optimized Bit Allocation for Error-Resilient Transcoding", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Vol. 3, pp. 945-948, May 2004 (IEEE Xplore, TR2004-047)

Kung, W-Y; Kong, H-S; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Error Resilient Methods for Real-Time MPEG-4 Video Streaming", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Vol. 3, pp. 745-748, May 2004 (IEEE Xplore, TR2004-049)

Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Minimum Distortion Sampling of Multiple Image Sequences", International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS), April 2004 (WIAMIS 2004, TR2004-001)

Xie, L.; Xu, P.; Chang, S-F; Divakaran, A.; Sun, H., "Structure Analysis of Soccer Video with Domain Knowledge and Hidden Markov Models", Pattern Recognition Letters, Vol. 24, Issue 15, December 2003 (Elsevier Computer Science, TR2004-081)

Xie, L.; Chang, S-F; Divakaran, A.; Sun, H., "Unsupervised Mining of Statistical Temporal Structures in Video ", Video Mining, Rosenfeld, A.; Doermann, D.; Dementhon, D., ISBN: 1402 075 499, October 2003 (Kluwer Academic Publishers, TR2003-132)

Kong, H-S; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Combined Rate Control and Mode Decision Optimization for MPEG-2 Transcoding with Spatial Resolution Reduction", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), ISSN: 1522-4880, Vol. 1, pp. 161-164, September 2003 (IEEE Xplore, TR2003-117)

Xie, L.; Chang, S-F; Divakaran, A.; Sun, H., "Feature Selection for Unsupervised Discovery of Statistical Temporal Structures in Video", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Vol. 1, pp. 29-32, September 2003 (IEEE Xplore, TR2003-116)

Zhang, X. M.; Shi, Y-Q; Xu, W-Q; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Optimal 2-d Interleaving for Robust Multimedia Transmission", International Conference on Information Technology: Research and Education (ITRE), pp. 74-78, August 2003 (IEEE Xplore, TR2003-148)

Kong, H-S; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Coding Mode Optimization for MPEG-2 Transcoding with Spatial Resolution Reduction", SPIE Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), Vol. 5150, pp. 501-511, July 2003 (SPIE Conference, TR2003-099)

Vetro, A.; Haga, T.; Sumi, K.; Sun, H., "Object-Based Coding for Long-Term Archive of Surveillance Video", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), Vol. 2, pp. 417-420, July 2003 (IEEE Xplore, TR2003-098)

Cheng, H.; Zhang, X.M, Shi, Y.Q.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Rate Allocation for FGS-Coded Video Using Composite Rate-Distortion Analysis", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), Vol. 2, pp. 41-44, July 2003 (IEEE Xplore, TR2003-097)

Xie, L.; Chang, S-F; Divakaran, A.; Sun, H., "Unsupervised Discovery of Multilevel Statistical Video Structures Using Hierarchical Hidden Markov Models", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), Vol. 3, pp. 29-32, July 2003 (IEEE Xplore, TR2003-101)

Kong, H.S.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Optimal MPEG-2 Transcoding for DVD Recording System", IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), pp. 112-113, June 2003 (IEEE Xplore, TR2003-076)

Sun, H.; Vetro, A.; Asai, K., "Resource Adaptation Based on MPEG-21 Usage Environment Descriptions", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Vol. 2, pp. 536-539, May 2003 (IEEE Xplore, TR2003-058)

Kalva, H.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Performance Optimization of the MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 Video Transcoder", SPIE Conference on VLSI Circuits and Systems, Vol. 5117, pp. 341-350, May 2003 (SPIE Proceedings, TR2003-057)

Zhu, L.; Ansari, N.; Sahinoglu, Z.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Scalable Layered Multicast with Explicit Congestion Notification", IEEE International Conference on Information Technology Coding and Computing, pp, 331-335, April 2003 (IEEE Xplore, TR2003-032)

Vetro, A.; Christopoulos, C.; Sun, H., "Video Transcoding Architectures and Techniques: An Overview", IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, ISSN: 1053-5888, Vol. 20, Issue 2, pp. 18-29, March 2003 (IEEE Xplore)

Vetro, A.; Wang, Y.; Sun, H., "Rate-Distortion Modeling for Multiscale Binary Shape Coding Based on Markov Random Fields", IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, ISSN: 1057-7149, Vol. 12, Issue 3, pp. 356-364, March 2003 (IEEE Xplore, TR2003-031)

Zhu, L.; Sahinoglu, Z.; Cheng, G.; Vetro, A.; Ansari, N.; Sun, H.;, "Proxy Caching for Video on Demand Systems in Multicast Networks", The John Hopkins University Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), March 2003 (CISS 2003, TR2003-055)

Zhang, X.M.; Vetro, A.; Shi, Y.Q.; Sun, H., "Constant Quality Constrained Rate Allocation for FGS Coded Video", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, ISSN: 1051-8215, Vol. 13, Issue 2, pp. 121-130, February 2003 (IEEE Xplore, TR2003-030)

Zhang, X.M.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H.; Shi, Y-Q., "Adaptive Field/Frame Selection for High-Compression Coding", SPIE Conference on Image and Video Communications and Processing, Vol. 5022, pp. 583-593, January 2003 (Proc SPIE, TR2003-029)

Yin, P.; Vetro, A.; Liu, B.; Sun, H, "Drift Compensation for Reduced Spatial Resolution Transcoding", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, ISSN: 1051-8215, Vol. 12, Issue 11, pp.1009-1020, November 2002 (IEEE Xplore, TR2002-047)

Kong, H.S.; Vetro, A.; Kalva, H.; Fu, D.; Zhang, X.: Guo, J.; Sun, H.;, "A Platform for Real-Time Content Adaptive Video Transmission Over Heterogeneous Networks", SPIE Multimedia Systems and Applications V, Vol. 4861, pp. 43-49, July 2002 (Proc SPIE)

Lin, Y-C.; Wang, C-N.; Chiang, T.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Efficient FGS to Single Layer Transcoding", IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), pp. 134-135, June 2002 (IEEE Xplore)

Vetro, A.; Yin, P.; Liu, B.; Sun, H., "Reduced Spatio-Temporal Transcoding Using an Intra Refresh Technique", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Vol. 4, pp. 723-726, May 2002 (IEEE Xplore)

Zhang, X.M.; Shi, Y.Q.; Chen, H.; Haimovich, A.M.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Successive Packing Based Interleaver for Design Turbo Codes", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Vol. 1, pp. 17-20, May 2002 (IEEE Xplore)

Xie, L.; Chang, S-F.; Divakaran, A.; Sun, H., "Structure Analysis of Soccer Video with Hidden Markov Models", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), ISSN: 1520-6149, Vol. 4, pp. 4096-4099, May 2002 (IEEE Xplore)

Vetro, A.; Wang, Y.; Sun, H., "A Probabilistic Approach for Rate-Distortion Modeling of Multi-scale Binary Shape", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), ISSN: 1520-6149, Vol. 4, pp. 3353-3356, May 2002 (IEEE Xplore)

Zhang, X.M.; Vetro, A.; Shi, Y.Q.; Sun, H., "Constant-Quality Constrained-Rate Allocation for FGS Video Coded Bitstreams", SPIE Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), Vol. 4671, pp. 817-827, January 2002 (Proc SPIE)

Yin, P.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H.; Liu, B., "Drift Compensation Architectures and Techniques for Reduced-Resolution Transcoding", SPIE Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), Vol. 4671, pp. 180-191, January 2002 (Proc SPIE)

Wu, Y.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H.; Kung, S.Y., "Intelligent Multi-Hop Video Communications", IEEE Pacific-Rim Conference On Multimedia (PCM) , LNCS 2195, pps 716, October 2001 (Springer)

Vetro, A.; Wang, Y.; Sun, H., "Rate-Distortion Optimized Video Coding Considering Frameskip", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Vol. 3, pp. 534-537, October 2001 (IEEE Xplore)

Peker, K.A.; Divakaran, A.; Sun, H., "Constant Pace Skimming and Temporal Sub-sampling of Video Using Motion Activity", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Vol. 3, pp. 414-417, October 2001 (IEEE Xplore)

Vetro, A.; Wang, Y.; Sun, H., "Estimating Distortion for Coded and Non-Coded Frames for Frameskip-Optimized Video Coding", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), August 2001 (ICME 2001)

Xu, P.; Chang, S.F.; Divakaran, A.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Algorithm and System for High-Level Structure Analysis and Event Detection in Soccer Video", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), August 2001 (ICME 2001)

Zhang, X.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H.; Shi, Y-Q., "Robust Decoding for Reduced Error Propagation of DC/AC Prediction Errors", Workshop and Exhibition on MPEG-4 (WEMP4) , June 2001 (MPEG-4)

Vetro, A.; Divakaran, A.; Sun, H., "Providing Multimedia Services to a Diverse Set of Consumer Devices", IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), pps 32-33, June 2001 (ICCE 2001)

Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Media Conversions to Support Mobile Users", IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), May 2001 (CCECE 2001)

Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Encoding and Transcoding Multiple Video Objects with Variable Temporal Resolution", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Vol 5, pps 21-24, May 2001 (Proc IEEE Xplore)

Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "An Overview of MPEG-4 Object-Based Encoding Algorithms", International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing, April 2001 (ITCC 2001)

Vetro, A., Sun, H.; Wang, Y., "Object-Based Transcoding for Adaptable Video Content Delivery", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, March 2001 (Vol 11, Issue 3, pps 387-401)

Vetro, A.; Divakaran, A.; Sun, H.; Poon, T.C., "Transcoding System Based on MPEG-7 Meta-Data", IEEE Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM), December 2000 (IEEE-PCM 2000)

Divakaran, A., Peker, K.A.; Sun, H., "A Region Based Descriptor for Spatial Distribution of Motion Activity for Compressed Video", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Vol 2, pps 287-290, September 2000 (Proc IEEE Xplore)

Vetro, A.; Sun, H.; Wang, Y., "An MPEG-4 Object-Based Transcoder: Architecture and Applications", IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), pps 132-133, June 2000 (Proc IEEE Xplore)

Divakaran, A.; Sekiguchi, S.; Asai, K.; Sun, H., "A Description Scheme for Video Based on Feature Extraction in the Compressed Domain", IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), pps 278-279, June 2000 (Proc IEEE Xplore)

Vetro, A.; Sun, H.; Wang, Y., "Object-Based Transcoding for Scalable Quality of Service", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Vol 4, pps 17-20, May 2000 (Proc IEEE Xplore)

Divakaran, A.; Ito, H.; Sun, H.; Poon, T.C., "Fade-In/Out Scene Change Detection in MPEG-1/2/4 Compressed Video Domain", SPIE Conference on Storage and Retrieval for Multimedia Database, Vol 3972, pps 518-522, January 2000 (Proc SPIE)

Divakaran, A.; Sun, H., "Descriptor for Spatial Distribution of Motion Activity for Compressed Video", SPIE Conference on Storage and Retrieval for Multimedia Database, Vol 3972, pps 392-898, January 2000 (Proc SPIE)

Vetro, A., Sun, H., Wang, Y.; Guleryuz, O., "Rate-Distortion Modeling on Binary Shape Using State Partitioning", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Vol 2, pps 802-805, October 1999 (ICIP 1999)

Vetro, A., Sun, H.; Wang Y., "MPEG-4 Rate Control for Multiple Video Objects", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, February 1999 (Vol 9, Issue 1, pps 186-199)

Divakaran, A., Ito, H., Sun, H.; Poon, T.C., "Scene Change Detection and Feature Extraction for MPEG-4 Sequences", SPIE Storage and Retrieval for Image and Video Databases VII, Vol 3656, January 1999 (SPIE)

Vetro, A., Sun, H., Chen, Y.K.; Kung, S.Y., "True Motion Vectors for Robust Video Transmission", SPIE Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), Vol 3653, pps 230-240, January 1999 (Proc SPIE)

Chen, Y.K.; Vetro, A.; Sun, H.; Kung, S.Y., "Frame-Rate Up-Conversion Using Transmitted True Motion", International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, December 1998 (MMSP 1998)

Vetro, A., Sun, H., DaGraca, P.; Poon, T.C., "Minimum Drift Architectures for 3-Layer Scalable DTV Decoding", IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, August 1998 (Vol 44, Issue 3, pps 527-536)

Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "Frequency Domain Down-Conversion Using an Optimal Motion Compensation Scheme", International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, August 1998

Vetro, A.; Sun, H., "On the Motion Compensation within a Down-Conversion Decoder", Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol 7, No 3, July 1998

Vetro, A., Sun, H.; Wang, Y., "Joint Shape and Texture Rate Control for MPEG-4 Encoders", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Vol 5, pps 285-288, June 1998 (ISCAS 1998)

Vetro, A., Sun, H., DaGraca, P.; Poon, T.C., "A Minimum Drift 3-Layer Scalable DTV Decoder", IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), pps 54-55, June 1998 (ICCE 1998)

Vetro, A. and Sun, H., "Generalzied Motion Compensation for Drift Minimization", SPIE Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP), Vol 3309, January 1998 (VCIP 1998)

Chen, Y.K., Vetro, A., Sun, Y. and Kung, S.Y., "Optimizing Coding Mode Decisions", IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia Information Processing (ISMIP), December 1997

Vetro, A., Sun, H., Bao, J. and Poon, T., "Frequency Domain Down-Conversion Using an Adaptive Motion Compensation Scheme", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Vol 1, October 1997 (Proc IEEE)

Sun, H., Vetro, A., Bao, J. and Poon, T., "A New Approach for Memory Efficient ATV Decoding", IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, August 1997 (Vol 43, Issue 3, pps 517-525)

Vetro, A. and Sun, H., "Joint Rate Control for Coding Multiple Video Objects", International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, June 1997 (MMSP 1997)

Sun, H., Vetro, A., Bao, J. and Poon, T., "A New Approach for Memory Efficient ATV Decoding", IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), pps 174-175, June 1997 (Proc IEEE Xplore)