Evaluation of WebCam Architecture Challenges
Hesham N. Elmahdy and Ali A. Fahmy
Faculty of Computers and
Information,
Cairo
University,
Giza,
Egypt.
Abstract:
This paper presents a project that has been running in
Cairo
University. The motivation of this project is to use scientific researches to develop practical application.
Webcams are used widely in the last decade by many applications and users world wide. Webcam software allows users to share snapshots or live images. Depending on user and available software, these images may be publicly available into the Internet, or only available to the authenticated users. One of the most challenging difficulty is the bandwidth vs. high quality pictures. This paper engages in webcam challenges thru reverse engineering of its architecture, evaluates its performance and other design considerations, proposes a low cost hardware solution, and points out needs and limitations to apply webcam in local environment. Five B.Sc. graduation projects and three M.Sc. topics were built on the system presented.
Keywords: webcam, Java Application, Java Applet, JMF, Internet communications.
Biography:
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Dr.
Eng. Hesham N. Elmahdy is an Information and Computer
Science Consultant, he is a faculty member of the
Faculty of Computers and Information (Assistant Prof.
of Information Technology Department), Cairo University.
He is from Egypt. He received his B.Sc. in Automobile
Engineering with honor degree in MTC, Cairo in 1981.
He received his first M. Sc. in Computer Science in
the Institute of Statistical Studies & Research,
Cairo University, Cairo in 1992. He was nominated
to get the "King Faisal International" prize in Islamic
Studies. He was elected to the Upsilon Pi Epsilon
Chapter of the University of Mississippi in April
1995. He received his second M.Sc. in Computer Science
in the University of Mississippi in 1996. He received
his Ph D in Computer Science in the University of
Mississippi in 1997. He has been joined The Order
of The Engineer of USA since May 1997. His past research
was in building Arabic Knowledge Engineering tools.
His current research interests are Networks, Distance
Learning, and Multimedia
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Prof. Dr. Ali A. Fahmi is the Dean of the Faculty of Computers
and Information, Cairo University. He is from Egypt.
He received his B.Sc. in Computers Engineering with
honor degree in MTC, Cairo in 1972. He received his
M. Sc. in Computer. Then, he received his Ph D in
Computer Science. |
BibTex:
@ARTICLE{P1150425001,
AUTHOR = {Hesham N. Elmahdy and
Ali A. Fahmy},
TITLE = {Evaluation of WebCam Achitecture Chalanges},
JOURNAL = {ICGST International Journal on Graphics, Vision and Image Processing},
YEAR = {2004},
MONTH ={December},
VOLUME = {05},
ISSUE ={1},
PAGES ={1--7}
}
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