Media Quality

Academic unit or major

Graduate major in Information and Communications Engineering

Instructor(s)

Masahiro Yamaguchi / Hiroaki Sugiura / Hiroyuki Minakata

Class Format

Lecture (Zoom)

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

7-8 Tue (G224)

Class

-

Course Code

ICT.H502

Number of credits

100

Course offered

2020

Offered quarter

1Q

Syllabus updated

Jul 10, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

The basic knowledge and the approaches for developing high-quality visual media are introduced by lecturers who have been leading research and development in the companies or enterprises in the visual media industry. The R&D strategy considering international standard is also addressed. This course focuses on visual media, especially digital cameras and displays, and the approaches to evaluate and/or enhance the image quality are discussed.
The aim of this course is to enhance practical and problem-solving skills as well as specialist skills by learning how the knowledge of fundamental mathematical principles, signal processing, and human-centric information systems are applied to the development of practical media systems.

Course description and aims

Students will acquire the ability to apply the knowledge of fundamental mathematical principles, signal processing, and human-centric information systems to the development of practical media systems. Students will be able to design the method for media quality evaluation. By learning the methods and examples for evaluating and/or enhancing the media quality, students will gain the aspects for solving practical problems in the development of media information systems.

Student learning outcomes

実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)

The course deals with practical issues by lecturers who have been leading research and development in companies.

Keywords

Image media, image and video systems, digital cameras, displays, image quality, color, objective evaluation, subjective evaluation

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

In the first class the outline on the visual media quality is presented as well as the position of the topics focused in this course, digital camera and display systems. Next, the theories and examples related to the image quality are introduced by the lecturers from the companies in digital camera and display industries. In the final class, the lectures are summarized, and the quality issues in other visual media are also discussed.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

Not specified. Supplementary materials will be provided.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Not specified.

Evaluation methods and criteria

The level of understandings on the methods for quality evaluation and enhancement in image acquisition and display is assessed by exercises (50%) and a final exam (50%).

Related courses

• ICT.H409 ： Optics in Information Processing
• ICT.S403 ： Multidimensional Information Processing
• ICT.S206 ： Signal and System Analysis
• ICT.S210 ： Digital Signal Processing
• ICT.H504 ： Medical Image Processing
• ICT.A406 ： Human-Centric Information Systems I
• ICT.A418 ： Human-Centric Information Systems II

Prerequisites

None

Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).

Masahiro Yamaguchi
yamaguchi.m.aa[at]m.titech.ac.jp

Office hours

Contact by e-mail in advance.

Other

As this course is taught by part-time lecturers from industry, the class schedule is subject to change. Confirm the schedule by OCW-i.