Abstract :
Multimedia, as an application, has at its very core the field of signal processing technology. In this article, an attempt is made to provide a historical overview of signal processing through the present, followed by a highly personal speculation for the future. As important as the multimedia technology is today, its further dramatic growth is predictable. Technological constraints, such as communication bandwidth, processing components, availability of open standards, and display technologies are being successfully addressed by industry. Signal processing technologies have made important contributions to all areas of multimedia and will continue to do so. Signal processing has been particularly important in all areas of compression, modeling, and the entire field of digital representation of complex signals
Keywords :
multimedia systems; signal processing; technological forecasting; complex signals; digital representation; future predictions; historical overview; multimedia technology; signal processing technology; Bandwidth; Communication industry; Communication standards; Digital signal processing; Displays; Humans; Neural networks; Partial differential equations; Signal Processing Society; Signal processing; Signal sampling; Spectral analysis; Transform coding; Vector quantization;
