Fraunhofer Network Digital Cinema Partner for Innovation

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1 Partner for Innovation Slide 1

2 Structure of Fraunhofer Fraunhofer is a non-profit organization for applied research and developments Example of financing model (different from institute to institute) Basic funding 20-30% Industry research contracts: 50-60% Public research contracts: 20% Project examples: ARRI D20, ARRILASER, Speedcam WorldScreen, EDCINE, Cinevision 2006 Slide 2

3 6 of 58 Fraunhofer institutes combine their specific Expertise and Know-How in the area Digital Cinema to work in the Network Fraunhofer Network Digital Cinema Slide 3

4 Camera Technology - IIS Fraunhofer Network Digital Cinema CineSpeedCam Weinberger GmbH Slide 4

5 Digital Filmstyle-Camera developed in cooperation with IIS Combination of analog and digital technology: Rotating mirror shutter Optical view finder Use of one CMOS image sensor with 35mm-film format allows use of 35mm lenses and enables film look Resolution of 2880 by 2160 Pixel equivalent to RGB 2k camera Digital processing inside the camera Variable Output formats, variable Speed ARRI D20 Electronic developed for ARRI Cinetechnik GmbH Slide 5

6 megacine mobile field recorder from IIS Mobile storage and recorder device for D-Cinema and HDTV Harddisk-based (optional Flash-based) Storage, portable Storage capacity of 1,0 TeraByte or more Storage and Replay of Sequences up to DC2048x1080 and HTDV 1920x1080, RGB 12 Bit Uncompressed (or lossless/near lossless compression) IT interfaces: 2 GBit Fibrechannel, Firewire Future demands: Recording of 4k camera data (Compression with JPEG2000) High Bandwidth Interface 10GBit/s (Specification with ASC) Slide 6

7 Research on advanced workflows from set to postproduction Improving Digital Movie-cameras Defining new interfaces with metadata support (ASC) Defining Metadata workflows and handover (ASC) Improving new Fieldrecorder 10G Interface 10G Interface Embedding of LDS + additional Metadata Storage of Image, Sound + Metadata Postproduction Slide 7

8 Worldscreen - Workflows Fraunhofer Network Digital Cinema Main Project Goal is to investigate the use of layered scheme data compression technology (mainly JPEG2000) throughout the entire production chain and to optimize the workflow for digital cinema. From Acquisition Funded by the European Community Postproduction Distribution Archives to Exhibition Slide 8

9 Worldscreen Partner Coordinator IIS, Network partner HHI Industry partner: ARRI, Kodak, MOG, Warner Bros., T-Systems, Digilab2000, Salzgeber, FlyingEye Specific Goals: Identification of User requirements, Specification of workflows, Definition of metadata models Funded by the European Community Prototype development of a JPEG2000 Encoder for field recorder and a JPEG2000 Decoder for projection systems Development of Transcoding, MXF/DCP packaging and transport delivery tools Development of quality assessment methods Slide 9

10 EDCine Enhanced Digital Cinema Integrated Project Coordinator: UCL Partners: IIS, IDMT Other Partners (excerpt): Thomson, Grass Valley, Trinnov Audio, Thales, TDF, XDC, MOG, CRB (ACE) Optimisation and enhancement of future Digital Cinema. JPEG2000 and DCI specifications are the cornerstones. In Negotiation with the European Community Three Application Fields: Live events in cinemas Enhanced quality and features for Digital Cinema (Improvement of encoding quality, 3D, Audio, ) Digital Archives and the connection to different distribution channels (Main part of IIS) Slide 10

11 Audio Close cooperation of IIS and IDMT, because originally one group Inventor of MP3 Research on advanced Audiocoding: - MP3 Sourround - AAC - Low delay coding - Lossless coding Systems for impaired hearing Tools for Wavefield synthesis: - IOSONO System and Spin off Slide 11

12 Certification Test Plan in Cooperation with DCI Creation of a certification test plan with IIS Timeschedule with two phases: (Start Feb. 2006) Development of test procedures and data (4 months) Testing and validation of procedures (3 months) Goals: Enabling to validate compliance with DCI specification Promotion of Interoperability between systems Slide 12

13 German Dcinema situation Fraunhofer Network Digital Cinema Today about 10 Dcinema screens installed in Germany HDF (National association of theatre owners) has installed a working group to clarify questions regarding the introduction of DCinema Plan to install about 200 screens this year Bussiness models in discussion: Virtual film copy costs? Refund of investment by distributors? Manufacturers as advance financing or FFA (Film funding institution) as advance financing direct to cinema owners Slide 13

14 Archive Technology on Film - IPM Fraunhofer Network Digital Cinema Durst Lambda 130 ARRILASER Slide 14

15 Preservation of Cultural Heritage Fraunhofer Network Digital Cinema Originals like documents, Movie Films High-resolution scanner Flexible Access Digital archive Laser recording Rescanning Storage of Images or Digital Information on Film Public accessibility or reuse Work database (Compressed or uncompressed) Slide 15

16 Research on Multi-Projection Technologies Digital Dome Projection FIRST Auto calibration Software für Multiprojection Systems Adjustments in Graphic Cards Cylindric Panorama Projection HHI Hardware based Image Split and Merge Technology for Multiprojection Systems Slide 16

17 Other research topics Fraunhofer Network Digital Cinema IIS Automatic metadata generation by data mining 3D-modelling Transcoding JPEG2000 to H.264 Digital Archive Technology HHI Realtime H.264 Encoder on PC Clusters Smooth Motion (Multiplication of Framerates) Slide 17

18 Thank you very much for your attention! Slide 18