2. CIFF TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
CIFF CODEC FOR THE IMPROVED BATTLESPACE INFORMATION DISSEMINATION USING ALREADY DEPLOYED ASSETS ENABLING TECHNOLOGY FOR NETWORK CENTRIC WARFARE
CIFF TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

3. 3. CIFF CODEC MAJOR FEATURES
Unified Lossy and Lossless
Still Image, Video I-frame and IP-frame
Symmetrical Encoding / Decoding
Ultralow Codec Latency
All 3 Video Scalabilities
Highest Error Resilience
Integer Arithmetic
No Multiplication & Division
4:4:4, 4:2:2, 4:2:0, 4:0:0 YUV & RGB

4. 4. CIFF CAPTURE

5. 5. CIFF CAPTURE PREPROCESSING (DENOISING)

6. 6. CIFF CAPTURE PREPROCESSING

7. 7. CIFF PLAYER

8. 8. CIFF PLAYER POSTPROCESSING

9. 9. CIFF PLAYER POSTPROCESSING

10. 10. HIGH RESOLUTION BENEFITS
Future proof – available today
Better situation awareness
More reliable machine analysis
Simpler decision making
Accurate targeting
IED activities spotting
Collateral damage minimization
Better evidence in disputed case
Decrease political burden

11. 11. ULTRALOW LATENCY BENEFITS
Milliseconds latency
Faster information delivery
Faster decision making
Faster time-sensitive targeting
Faster C4ISR
Faster UAS operator response
Enabling air-refueling of UAV
EO, IR & Hyperspectral synchronization
Saving lives

12. 12. BEST QUALITY

13. 13. I-FRAME CIFF VS. I-FRAME OTHER “WEDDING” 1920x1080 25fps 4:2:0
Average PSNR [dB]
CIFF-=CIFF WITH REDUCED LEVEL OF DETAILS. CR=COMPRESSION RATIO

14. 14. I-CIFF VERSUS INTERFRAME (IPB) “WEDDING” 1920x1080 25fps 4:2:0
Average PSNR [dB]
CIFF-=CIFF WITH REDUCED LEVEL OF DETAILS. CR=COMPRESSION RATIO

15. 15. I-FRAME CIFF VS. IP-FRAME CIFF
VIDEO
SEQUENCE
I-FRAME CIFF
IP-FRAME CIFF
IP RATIO
I RATIO
RATIO
PSNR[dB]
Parklot
47.77
34.87
369.48
34.98
7.73
Show
33.58
33.33
169.91
33.32
5.06
Lobby
24.51
31.62
114.91
31.71
4.69
akiyo
36.14
34.36
164.52
34.33
4.55
AFP1
42.09
33.54
191.57
33.49
Hallway
64.78
36.34
263.43
36.08
4.07
Stairs
42.16
34.27
171.40
34.13
Dark
102.05
37.98
400.00
37.59
3.92
door
31.06
32.60
93.66
32.00
3.02
Zodiac (HD)
54.46
34.21
162.64
34.05
2.99
Passing
53.18
35.18
145.92
34.92
2.74
AFP2
69.24
36.26
165.30
36.03
2.39
Blue
70.27
36.29
160.13
35.51
2.28
Catalina1
76.74
36.44
130.11
35.88
1.70 IR
56.80
32.62
84.97
32.47
1.50
AFP3
46.42
33.75
61.45
33.55
1.32
AVERAGE IP-FRAME CIFF / I-FRAME CIFF RATIO
3.54

16. 16. FASTEST SPEED

17. 17. “WEDDING” 1920x fps 4:2:0
Encoder Speed [fps] Decoder Speed [fps]
CIFF-=CIFF WITH REDUCED LEVEL OF DETAILS. CR=COMPRESSION RATIO

18. 18. “WEDDING” 1920x fps 4:2:0
Encoder Speed [fps] Decoder Speed [fps]
CIFF-=CIFF WITH REDUCED LEVEL OF DETAILS. CR=COMPRESSION RATIO

19. 19. INSTRUCTIONS PER PIXEL Encoding COLOR Decoding

20. 20. INSTRUCTIONS PER PIXEL Encoding GRAYSCALE Decoding

21. 21. LOWEST MEMORY SIZE

22. 22. ENCODING MEMORY BUFFER
Smallest encoding memory buffer
times < JPEG
* times < JPEG2000 w/o tiles
times < JPEG2000 with 128x128
times < JPEG2000 with 32x32
* = lack of memory in 1GB PC

23. 23. DECODING MEMORY BUFFER
Smallest decoding memory buffer
times < JPEG
* times < JPEG2000 w/o tiles
times < JPEG2000 with 128x128
times < JPEG2000 with 32x32
* = lack of memory in 1GB PC

24. Different resolutions in the bitstream
24. SPATIAL SCALABILITY
Different resolutions in the bitstream
QCIF
CIF
SDTV
HDTV

25. 25. SPATIAL SCALABILITY HDTV 1920x1080 ¼ QCIF QCIF 120x68 240x135 CIF
SDTV 960x540

26. 26. SPATIAL SCALABILITY BENEFITS
UDTV streaming from UAS
UDTV extraction in GCS
HDTV extraction in a notebook
SDTV extraction in a toughbook
CIF extraction in PDA
Simultaneous receiption of all resolutions
Instant resolution change
Instant bandwidth change
Decoder power savings

27. 27. TEMPORAL SCALABILITY
Improving quality by
decreasing frame rate

28. 28. TEMPORAL SCALABILITY BENEFITS
HDTV frame rate from close UAS
Dropping selected HDTV frames
SDTV frame rate from far UAS
Dropping selected SDTV frames
Quality increase with dropping frames
Bandwidth savings
Encoder power savings
Decoder power savings
Avoids MPEG dropping problems

29. decompressing more bits
29. QUALITY SCALABILITY
Improving quality by
decompressing more bits
from the bitstream

30. 30. QUALITY SCALABILITY BENEFITS
Operator selectable
Faster video encoding
Smaller encoder latency
Smaller encoder cost
Encoder power savings
Faster video decoding
Smaller decoder latency
Smaller decoder cost
Decoder power savings

31. 31. EFFECT OF ERRORS DURING TRANSMISSION (BER=1.E-4)
JPEG2000 / CIFF
MOTION JPEG
MPEG-2
MPEG-4 & H.264

32. 32. ERROR RESILIENCE BENEFITS #1
Better quality of each frame
No error propagation
Frame blur vs. MPEG blocks
Smaller bandwidth with less FEC
Best quality without jamming
Best quality during jamming
Without FEC at 1.E-6 BER for HDTV
Without FEC at 1.E-5 BER for SDTV
Without FEC at 1.E-4 BER for CIF

33. 33. ERROR RESILIENCE BENEFITS #2
Simpler FEC can be used
Faster FEC encoding
Smaller encoder latency
Smaller encoder cost
Encoder power savings
Faster FEC decoding
Smaller decoder latency
Smaller decoder cost
Decoder power savings

34. 34. DEFENSE APPLICATIONS
Unmanned & manned vehicles
Warfighters
Satellites
Surveillance
Telemedicine
Smart weapons
Loitering weapons
Face recognition for laser-guided bullets
EO, IR, SAR & Hyperspectral sensors

35. 35. UAS WITH ANALOG LINK UAV ANALOG LINK GROUND STATION EO IR SAR
COMPUTER
MONITOR
STORAGE

36. FAST ENCODING/DECODING
36. UAS WITH ANALOG LINK
FAST ENCODING/DECODING
LOW LATENCY
SMALL WEIGHT & SIZE
LOW POWER & HEAT
INTEROPERABILITY
UAV EO IR
SAR
ANALOG LINK
GROUND STATION PC
PDA
COMPUTER
MONITOR
STORAGE
CIFF
DECODER
CIFF
DECODER
CIFF
ENCODER
(OPT)TRANS-
CODER TO
MPEG-2/4
COMPUTER
MONITOR
COMPUTER
MONITOR

37. FAST ENCODING/DECODING
37. UAS WITH DIGITAL LINK
FAST ENCODING/DECODING
HIGH ERROR RESILIENCE
LOW LATENCY
SMALL WEIGHT & SIZE
LOW POWER & HEAT
INTEROPERABILITY
UAV
CIFF
ENCODER EO IR
SAR
DIGITAL LINK
GROUND STATION PC
PDA
CIFF
DECODER
STORAGE
CIFF
DECODER
CIFF
DECODER
COMPUTER
MONITOR
(OPT)TRANS-
CODER TO
MPEG-2/4
COMPUTER
MONITOR
COMPUTER
MONITOR

38. FAST ENCODING/DECODING
38. UAS WITH NETWORK LINK
FAST ENCODING/DECODING
HIGH ERROR RESILIENCE
LOW LATENCY
SMALL WEIGHT & SIZE
LOW POWER & HEAT
INTEROPERABILITY
UAV
CIFF
ENCODER EO IR
SAR
NETWORK UDP LINK
GROUND STATION PC
PDA
CIFF
DECODER
STORAGE
CIFF
DECODER
CIFF
DECODER
COMPUTER
MONITOR
(OPT)TRANS-
CODER TO
MPEG-2/4
COMPUTER
MONITOR
COMPUTER
MONITOR

39. 39. HIGH BANDWIDTH CIFF BENEFITS
Example 100 Mbps link
EDTV color x4096x15 fps
EDTV grayscale x4096x30 fps
UDTV color x3840x2160x25 fps
UDTV grayscale x3840x2160x25 fps
HDTV color x1920x1080x25 fps
HDTV grayscale x1920x1080x25 fps

40. CDL LOS
274 Mbps
137 Mbps
CDL LOS
10.71 Mbps

41. 41. MID BANDWIDTH CIFF BENEFITS
Example 10 Mbps link
EDTV color x4096x1.5 fps
EDTV grayscale x4096x3 fps
UDTV color x2160x6 fps
UDTV grayscale x2160x12 fps
HDTV color x1080x25 fps
HDTV grayscale x1920x1080x25 fps
SDTV color x720x480x30 fps
SDTV grayscale x720x480x30 fps

42. Ku BAND
47.9/40 Mbps
30/20 Mbps
8.67/1.5 Mbps
LINK-16
238 kbps
115.2 kbps
57.6 kbps
31.6 kbps

43. 43. LOW BANDWIDTH CIFF BENEFITS
Example 238 kbps link
UDTV color x2160x0.3 fps
UDTV grayscale x2160x0.6 fps
HDTV color x1080x0.6 fps
HDTV grayscale x1080x1.2 fps
SDTV color x480x3 fps
SDTV grayscale x480x6 fps

44. 44. HARDWARE FOR NEW ASSETS
Lowest cost
No dividers
No multipliers
Ultralow power
Integer arithmetic
Very low complexity
Small integrated memory
Ultrafast encoding and decoding
1 square mm silicon for UDTV

45. 45. PROPOSED CHIP FEATURES
1920 x 1080 x 30fps MHz 20mW
3840 x 2160 x 30fps MHz 80mW
8192 x 4096 x 20fps MHz 200mW
1920 x 1080 x 300fps 350MHz 200mW
Slow-motion 10 x HD frame rate
Additional circular buffer for slow-motion frames for detailed post-event analysis
Preliminary design data before full RTL core simulation

46. 46. CIFF CONTAINER BENEFITS
Future proof container format
Any video codec as plug-in
Any audio codec as plug-in
Any metadata codec as plug-in
Any control codec as plug-in
Any encryption as plug-in
Any error correction as plug-in
Any packetization as plug-in
Multiple streams are synchronized

47. 47. WIRELESS HDMI NETWORK
DVR FUNCTION
ON THE ROAD

48. 48. CIFF HDMI CONNECTION INSTEAD OF CLASSIC WIRED HDMI
HDMI CIFF Tx
HDMI CIFF Rx
CIFF P2P WIRELESS HDMI LINK
HDMI CIFF Tx
HDMI CIFF Rx
CIFF ROUTED WIRELESS HDMI LINK

49. Transmitter at HDMI out port Receiver at HDMI in port
49. CIFF HDMI NODE
Wireless HDMI IEEE802.11g/n
Wired HDMI 10/100/1000 Base-T
Transmitter at HDMI out port
Receiver at HDMI in port
AES-GCM-AEAD 256-bit encryption
Single chip without external memory
TRANSMIT CIFF Node
HDMI Rx
32bit RISC
CIFF Enc
802.11g
RECEIVE CIFF Node
HDMI Tx
32bit RISC
CIFF Dec
802.11g

50. CIFF TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
DIRECTORS, OWNERS & ASSIGNEES OF CIFF PATENT APPLICATION ARE:
Prof. dr. Milan Prokin, dipl. ing.
Vladimir Čeperković, dipl. ing.
Saša Pavlović
Dušan Mirković
CIFF PATENT APPLICATIONS IN:
USA, Canada, Europe, Japan
South Korea, China (granted), Serbia, PCT
WORLDWIDE CIFF REPRESENTATIVE:
Prof. dr. Milan Prokin, dipl. ing.

51. CIFF TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION CIFF BUSINESS ENTERPRISES LLC
Prof. dr. Milan Prokin , ,
CIFF BUSINESS ENTERPRISES LLC
Michael Collins