ObjectVideo Technology

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ObjectVideo Technology Thomas M.
Strat Chief Technology Officer
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DiamondBack Visions Mission

• Higher quality video for all Internet users
• First ever acceptable viewing experience for
  narrowband consumers
• Dramatic reduction in storage and streaming costs
  for broadband service providers

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Todays State-of-the-Art Internet Video
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• Postage-stamp size
• Herky-jerky video motion
• Limited panning and zooming

Over 56kbps Dial-Up Modem
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DiamondBacks ObjectVideo
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• Larger viewing window
• Smoother playback
• More panning and zooming possible
• Significant compression gain

• Postage-stamp size
• Herky-jerky video motion
• Limited panning and zooming

Over 56kbps Dial-Up Modem
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The Narrowband Market

• The Vast Majority of Viewers are Connected by
  Phone Lines

Broadband
Millions of Users
( U.S. )
1999
2003
Broadband Cable Modem, DSL, T1
Narrowband 56kbps Dial-Up Modem
SourceAverage of eMarketer, Forrester
Research, Yankee Group
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ObjectVideo Is A Unique and Revolutionary
Approach

• Visual, Object-Based Encoding

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What is Visual Object-Based Encoding Technology?
Combine Background Foreground Objects at
Decoder
Encode Foreground
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Pan, Tilt Camera with ObjectVideo _at_ 56.6kbps
ORIGINAL SOURCE
OBJECTVIDEO
LEADING MPEG-4 CODEC
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Zoom Camera with ObjectVideo_at_ 56.6kbps
ORIGINAL SOURCE
OBJECTVIDEO
LEADING MPEG-4 CODEC
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Dramatically Improved Internet Video
Todays State-of-the-Art
vs.
ObjectVideo
34 kbps
34 kbps
56kbps Dial-Up Modem
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Features of ObjectVideo

• Provides larger viewing area over 56k dial-up
• Offers smoother video playback
• Allows more relaxed production guidelines for
  camera pan, tilt, zoom and camera shot breaks
• Achieves significant gain in compression
• Separates out video objects allows for
  object-level search, retrieval and manipulation

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• DiamondBack Vision, Inc.
• 11600 Sunrise Valley Drive
• Suite 290
• Reston, VA 20191
• (703) 654 9312
• tstrat_at_dbvision.net

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