Determining image quality requirements for recognition tasks in generalized public safety video applications: Definitions, testing, standardization, and current trends

Currently, even though the Quality of Experience (QoE) concept for video content used for entertainment differs materially from the QoE of video used for public safety tasks (because in the latter case, the subjective satisfaction of the user depends upon achieving the given task), there are nearly no quality standards for these video applications. This is an important problem as the transmission and analysis of video is often used for many applications outside of the entertainment sector, and generally this class of video is used to perform a specific task. Therefore, in this paper, we introduce new methods of assessing video quality for task-based video that have been under development. Once a framework and measurement system have been developed for task-based video, performance specifications and standards can be developed to assist users of task-based video in determining the technology that is going to successfully allow them to perform the function required.