Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute  
      Dipl.-Ing. Peter Kauff
      Image Processing Department
        Books and Book Chapters  
        Publications in Journals  
        Publications in Conference Proceedings  
        Contributions to Standardization  
        Invited Talks and Tutorials  
         
      Books
    2007
  1. Aljoscha Smolic, Philipp Merkle, Karsten Müller, Christoph Fehn, Peter Kauff, and Thomas Wiegand:
    Compression of Multi-View Video and Associated Data,
    in H. M. Ozaktas and L. Onural, (Editors): Three-Dimensional Television: Capture, Transmission, and Display. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany", 2007.

    2. 2005
  2. Oliver Schreer, Peter Kauff, and Thomas Sikora:
    3D Videocommunication,
    John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK, July 2005.

  3. Peter Kauff, Oliver Schreer:
    Immersive Videoconferencing,
    in Oliver Schreer, Peter Kauff and Thomas Sikora, (Editors): 3D Videocommunication, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, UK, pp. 75-90, July 2005.

Publications in Journals
    2011
  1. Aljoscha Smolic, Peter Kauff, S. Knorr, A. Hornung, M. Kunter, Marcus Müller, and M. Lang:
    3D Video Post-Production and Processing,
    Proceedings of the IEEE (PIEEE), Special Issue on 3D Media and Displays, vol. 99, issue 4, pp. 607-625, April 2011.

  2. Frederik Zilly, Josef Kluger, and Peter Kauff:
    Production Rules of 3D Stereo Acquisistion,
    Proceedings of the IEEE (PIEEE), Special Issue on 3D Media and Displays, vol. 99, issue 4, pp. 590-606, April 2011.

  3. Marcus Müller, Ralf Tanger, Peter Kauff, and Ralf Schäfer:
    3D-Konvertierung für autostereoskopische Displays,
    Fachzeitschrift für Fernsehen Film und elektronische Medien FKT, 65. Jahrgang, vol. 1-2, January 2011.

  4. O. Grau, T. Borel, Peter Kauff, Aljoscha Smolic, and Ralf Tanger:
    3D-TV R&D Activities in Europe,
    IEEE Transactions Broadcasting, Special Issue on 3D-TV, 2011, accepted.

    5. 2010
  5. Frederik Zilly, Peter Kauff, and Ralf Schäfer:
    The Stereoscopic Analyzer (STAN) – An On-Set Assistance System for Stereo Capturing,
    dot 21 Computer Art Faszination 3D Stereo, dot Verlag, Ausgabe 8/2010, August 2010.

  6. Christian Weissig, Peter Kauff, and Ralf Schäfer:
    TiME Lab - Eine experimentelle Plattform für immersive Medien und höchstauflösende Produktions- und Wiedergabetechniken,
    FKT Fachzeitschrift für Fernsehen, Film und elektronische Medien, no. 7, pp. 360 - 366, 2010.

  7. Peter Kauff, Frederik Zilly, Ralf Schäfer, Josef Kluger, and N. Malchow:
    Stereoscopic Analyzer (STAN),
    Fachzeitschrift für Fernsehen Film und elektronische Medien FKT, 64. Jahrgang, vol. 7, July 2010.

    8. 2009
  8. Aljoscha Smolic, Peter Kauff, Ralf Schäfer, Thomas Wiegand, and Jens-Rainer Ohm:
    3DTV: Intertnationale Aktivitäten und Standards,
    Fachzeitschrift für Fernsehen Film und elektronische Medien FKT, 63. Jahrgang, vol. 4, April 2009.

    9. 2008
  9. Karsten Müller, Aljoacha Smolic, Kristina Dix, Philipp Merkle, Peter Kauff, and Thomas Wiegand:
    View Synthesis for Advanced 3D Video Systems,
    EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing, Special Issue on 3D Image and Video Processing, vol. 2008, Article ID 438148, 2008.

    10. 2007
  10. Christoph Fehn, Christian Weissig, Ingo Feldmann, Marcus Müller, Peter Eisert, Peter Kauff and H. Bloß:
    Creation of High-Resolution Video Panoramas for Sport Events,
    International Journal of Semantic Computing (IJSC), vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 171-184, June 2007.

  11. Peter Kauff, Nicole Atzpadin, Christoph Fehn, Marcus Müller, Oliver Schreer, Aljoscha Smolic, and Ralf Tanger:
    Depth Map Creation and Image Based Rendering for Advanced 3DTV Services Providing Interoperability and Scalability,
    Signal Processing: Image Communication, special Issue on Three-Dimensional Television and Applications, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 217-234, February 2007, Invited Paper.

  12. Ralf Tanger, Nicole Atzpadin, Marcus Müller, Christoph Fehn, Peter Kauff, and C. Herpel:
    Trinocular Depth Acquisition,
    SMPTE motion imaging journal 116, no. 5-6, pp. 206-212, 2007.

    13. 2006
  13. Peter Eisert, Peter Kauff, Aljoscha Smolic and Ralf Schäfer:
    Free Viewpoint Video - der nächste Schritt in der Unterhaltungselektronik,
    Fernseh- und Kinotechnik, FKTG, no. 5, 2006.

    14. 2005
  14. Aljoscha Smolic and Peter Kauff:
    Interactive 3D Video Representation and Coding Technologies,
    IEEE Special Issue on Advances in Video Coding and Delivery, vol. 93, no. 1, pp. 98-110, January 2005.

    15. 2004
  15. Nicole Atzpadin, Peter Kauff, and Oliver Schreer:
    Stereo Analysis by Hybrid Recursive Matching for Real-Time Immersive Video Conferencing,
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, special Issue on Immersive Telecommunications, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 321-334, January 2004.

  16. F. Isgro, E. Trucco, Peter Kauff, Oliver Schreer:
    Three-Dimensional Image Processing in the Future of Immersive Media,
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, special Issue on Immersive Telecommunications, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 288-303, January 2004.

    17. 2002
  17. Christoph Fehn, Eddie Cooke, Oliver Schreer, and Peter Kauff:
    3D Analysis and Image-Based Rendering for Immersive TV Applications,
    Signal Processing: Image Communication Journal, Special Issue on Image Processing Techniques for Virtual Environments and 3D Imaging, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 705-715, October 2002, Invited Paper.

    18. 2001
  18. Oliver Schreer and Peter Kauff:
    Immersive 3D -Videokonferenz,
    Der Fernmeldeingenieur, Verlag für Wissenschaft und Leben Georg Heidecker GmbH, Erlangen, vol. 55, no. 8, August 2001, in German, Invited Paper.

    19. 1998
  19. Peter Kauff and Klaas Schüür:
    A Shape-Adaptive DCT with Block-Based DC-Separation and Delta-DC-Correction,
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits Systems and Video Technology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 237-242, January 1998.

    20. 1997
  20. Peter Kauff, Thomas Sikora, Jan-DeLameillieure, Ulrich Gölz, Bela Makai, and Stefan Rauthenberg:
    Functional Coding of Video Using a Shape-Adaptive DCT Algorithm and an Object-Based Motion Prediction Toolbox,
    IEEE Transactions on CVST, Special Issue on MPEG-4, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 59-62, 1997, Invited Paper.

    21. 1987
  21. Ralf Schäfer and Peter Kauff:
    HDTV Colorimetry and Gamma Considering the Visibility of Noise and Quantization Errors,
    SMPTE Journal,, vol. 96, no. 9, pp. 822-833, September 1987.

  22. Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, and Ulrich Gölz:
    Subjektive Bewertung von Verfahren der Farbsignalaufbereitung und -verarbeitung mit erweitertem Farbenraum und Konstant-Luminanz-Prinzip,
    Fernseh & Kino Technik, 41. Jahrgang, Heft 6, (Teil 2), pp. 277-280, June 1987.

  23. Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, and Ulrich Gölz:
    Subjektive Bewertung von Verfahren der Farbsignalaufbereitung und -verarbeitung mit erweitertem Farbenraum und Konstant-Luminanz-Prinzip,
    Fernseh & Kino Technik, 41. Jahrgang, Heft 5, (Teil 1), pp. 201-206, May 1987.

Publications in Conference Proceedings
    2011
  1. Frederik Zilly, Marcus Müller, Peter Kauff, and Ralf Schäfer:
    STAN – An Assistance System for 3D Productions,
    Proceedings of 14th ITG Conference on Electronic Media Technology (Dortmunder Fernsehseminar), Dortmund, Germany, March 2011.

    2. 2010
  2. Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, and Christian Weissig:
    Ultra high resolution video production and display as basis of a format agnostic production system,
    Proceedings of International Broadcast Conference (IBC 2010), Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 2010.

  3. Frederik Zilly, Marcus Müller, Peter Eisert, and Peter Kauff:
    An Image-Based Assistance Tool for Stereo Shooting and 3D Production,
    Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP10), Hong Kong, pp. 4029-4032, September 2010.

  4. Marcus Mueller, Frederik Zilly, and Peter Kauff:
    Adaptive Cross-Trilateral Depth Map Filtering,
    Proceedings of 3DTV Conference 2010, Tampere, Finland, June 7-9, 2010.

  5. Frederik Zilly, Peter Kauff, and Peter Eisert:
    Joint Estimation of Epipolar Geometry and Rectification Parameters using Point Correspondences for Stereoscopic TV Sequences,
    3DPVT, Paris, France, May 2010.

    6. 2009
  6. Frederik Zilly, Peter Eisert, and Peter Kauff:
    Real-Time Analysis and Correction of Stereoscopic HDTV Sequences,
    Proceedings of European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP), London, UK, November 2009.

  7. Frederik Zilly, Peter Eisert, and Peter Kauff:
    Real-Time Analysis and Correction of Stereoscopic HDTV Sequences,
    Proceedings of 6th European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP 2009), London, UK, November 2009.

  8. Ingo Feldmann, Oliver Schreer, Peter Kauff, Ralf Schäfer, Z. Fei, H.J.W. Belt, and Ò. Divorra Escoda:
    Immersive Multi-User 3D Video Communication,
    Proceedings of International Broadcast Conference (IBC 2009), Amsterdam, NL, September 2009.

  9. Aljoscha Smolic, Karsten Müller, Philipp Merkle, Peter Kauff, and Thomas Wiegand:
    An Overview of available and emerging 3D Video Formats and Depth enhanced Stereo as Efficient Generic Solution,
    Proceedings of Picture Coding Symposium (PCS’09), Chicago, USA, May 2009.

    10. 2008
  10. Oliver Schreer, Ingo Feldmann, Nicole Atzpadin, Peter Eisert, Peter Kauff, Harm Belt:
    3DPresence – A system concept for multi-user and multi-party immersive 3D videoconferencing,
    5th European Conf. on Visual Media Production (CVMP 2008), London, UK, November 2008.

  11. Aljoscha Smolic, Karsten Müller, Kristina Dix, Philipp Merkle, Peter Kauff, and Thomas Wiegand:
    Intermediate View Interpolation Based on Multiview Video Plus Depth for Advanced 3D Video Systems,
    Proceedings of 15th International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2008), San Diego, CA, USA, October 2008.

  12. Karsten Müller, Aljoacha Smolic, Kristina Dix, Peter Kauff, and Thomas Wiegand:
    Reliability-based Generation and View Synthesis in Layered Depth Video,
    Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP2008), Cairns, Australia, pp. 34-39, October 2008.

  13. Karsten Müller, Aljoscha Smolic, Kristina Dix, Peter Kauff, and Thomas Wiegand:
    Reliability-based Generation and View Synthesis in Layered Depth Video,
    Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP2008), Cairns, Australia, pp. 34-39, October 2008.

  14. Ingo Feldmann, Peter Kauff, Ralf Schäfer, Joachim Schüssler, and Christian Weissig:
    Technologien für höchstauflösende Aufnahme- und Projektionssysteme,
    Fernseh- und Kinotechnische Gesellschaft (FKTG), annual conference, Munich, May 2008, in German.

    15. 2007
  15. Ingo Feldmann, Peter Eisert, and Peter Kauff:
    Detection Strategies for Image Cube Trajectory Analysis,
    Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2007), San Antonio, Texas, USA, vol. 2, pp. 533-536, September 2007.

  16. Christoph Fehn, Peter Kauff, S. Cho, H. Kwon, N. Hur, and J. Kim:
    Asymmetric Coding of Stereoscopic Video for Transmission over T-DMB,
    Proceedings of 3DTV-CON – Capture, Transmission, and Display of 3D Video, Kos Island, Greece, May 2007.

  17. Christoph Fehn, Christian Weissig, Ingo Feldmann, Marcus Müller, Peter Eisert, Peter Kauff, and H. Bloß:
    Erzeugung von hochaufgelösten Video-Panoramen für Sport-Events,
    Proceedings of 12th Dortmunder Fersehseminar (DFS), Dortmund, Germany, pp. 133-138, March 2007, in German.

    18. 2006
  18. Christoph Fehn, Christian Weissig, Ingo Feldmann, Marcus Müller, Peter Eisert, Peter Kauff, and H. Bloss:
    Creation of High Resolution Video Panoramas of Sports Events,
    Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM2006), San Diego, USA, pp. 291-298, December 2006.

  19. Detlev Marpe, Heiner Kirchhoffer, Valeri George, Peter Kauff, and Thomas Wiegand:
    Macroblock Adpative Residual Color Space Transforms for 4:4:4 Video Coding,
    IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP'06), Atlanta, GA, USA, October 2006.
    (Download as pdf)

  20. Christoph Fehn, Nicole Atzpadin, Marcus Müller, Oliver Schreer, Aljoscha Smolic, Ralf Tanger, and Peter Kauff:
    An Advanced 3DTV Concept Providing Interoperability and Scalability for a Wide Range of Multi-Baseline Geometries,
    Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2006), Atlanta, GA, USA, October 2006.

  21. Detlev Marpe, Heiner Kirchhoffer, Valeri George, Peter Kauff, and Thomas Wiegand:
    An Adaptive Color Transform Approach and its Application in 4:4:4 Video Coding,
    European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO'06), Florence, Italy, September 2006.

  22. Ralf Tanger, Nicole Atzpadin, Marcus Müller, Christoph Fehn, Peter Kauff, and C. Herpel:
    Depth Acquisition for Post-Production Using Trinocular Camera Systems and Trifocal Constraint,
    Proceedings of International Broadcast Conference (IBC 2006), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2006.

  23. Oliver Schreer, Peter Eisert, Peter Kauff, Ralf Tanger, and Roman Englert:
    Towards Robust Intuitive Vision-Based User Interfaces,
    Proceedings of International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2006), Toronto, Canada, pp. 69-72, July 2006.

  24. Aljoscha Smolic, Karsten Müller, Philipp Merkle, Christoph Fehn, Peter Kauff, Peter Eisert, and Thomas Wiegand:
    3D Video and Free Viewpoint Video – Technologies, Applications and MPEG Standards,
    Proceedings of International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2006), Toronto, Canada, pp. 2161-2164, July 2006.

  25. Oliver Schreer, Christoph Fehn, Nicole Atzpadin, Marcus Müller, Aljoscha Smolic, Ralf Tanger, and Peter Kauff:
    A Flexible 3D TV System for Different Multi-Baseline Geometries,
    Proceedings of International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2006), Toronto, pp. 1877-1880, July 2006.

  26. Oliver Schreer, Peter Kauff, Peter Eisert, Ralf Tanger, and Roman Englert:
    GestAvatar - Real-Time Animation of Avatars,
    Demo Session of 9th European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Graz, Austria, July 2006.

    27. 2005
  27. Christian Weissig, Ingo Feldmann, Joachim Schüssler, Ulrich Höfker, Peter Eisert, and Peter Kauff:
    A Modular High Resolution Multi-Projection System,
    Proceedings of 2nd Workshop on Immersive Communication and Broadcast Systems (ICOB 2005), Berlin, Germany, October 2005.

  28. Ingo Feldmann, Peter Eisert, and Peter Kauff:
    Towards Arbitrary Camera Movements for Image Cube Trajectory Analysis,
    Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2005), Genova, Italy, pp. 812-815, September 2005.

  29. Peter Kauff, Aljoscha Smolic, Peter Eisert, Christoph Fehn, Karsten Müller, and Ralf Schäfer:
    Data Format and Coding for Free Viewpoint Video,
    Proceedings of International Broadcast Convention (IBC 2005), Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 2005.

  30. Oliver Schreer, Ralf Tanger, Peter Eisert, Peter Kauff, Bernhard Kaspar, and Roman Englert:
    Real-time Avatar Animation Steered by Live Body Motion,
    Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing (ICIAP 2005), Cagliari, Italy, pp. 147-154, September 2005.

  31. Ralf Tanger, Peter Kauff, Oliver Schreer, D. Pavy, S.L. Dit Picard, and G. Saugis:
    Team Collaboration Mixing Immersive Video Conferencing with Shared Virtual 3D Objects,
    Proceedings of Tyrrhenian International Workshop on Digital Communications Distributed Cooperative Laboratories - Issues in Networking, Instrumentation and Measurements, Sorento, Italy, July 2005.

  32. Ingo Feldmann, Peter Kauff and Peter Eisert:
    Handling of Homogeneous Regions for Image Cube Trajectory Analysis,
    Proceedings of 6th International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services WIAMIS, Montreux, Switzerland, April 2005.

    33. 2004
  33. Ingo Feldmann, Peter Kauff, Peter Eisert:
    Optimized Space Sampling for Circular Image Cube Trajectory Analysis,
    Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2004), Singapore, pp. 1947-1950, October 2004.

  34. Ulrich Höfker, Peter Kauff, Ralf Schäfer, and Felix Schüssler Christian Weissig:
    Ein skalierbares Multi-Projektionssystem für sehr hochauflösende Planar-, Zylinder- und Dome-Projektionen, Tagungsband der ,
    21. Jahrestagung der Fernseh- und Kinotechnischen Gesellschaft (FKTG), Koblenz, Germany, May 2004.

  35. Serap Askar, Y. Kondratyuk, K. Elazouzi, Peter Kauff, and Oliver Schreer:
    Vision-Based Skin-Colour Segmentation of Moving Hands for Real-Time Applications,
    1st European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP), London, United Kingdom, March 2004.

  36. Ralf Tanger, Peter Kauff, and Oliver Schreer:
    Immersive Meeting Point (im.point) - An approach Towards Immersive Media Portals,
    Proceedings of Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia, January 2004.

    37. 2003
  37. Ingo Feldmann, Peter Kauff, and Peter Eisert:
    Image Cube Trajectory Analysis for 3D Reconstruction of Concentric Mosaics,
    Proceedings of Workshop on Vision, Modeling, and Visualization, Munich, Germany, pp. 569-576, November 2003.

  38. J. Freeman, J. Lessiter, Oliver Schreer, and Peter Kauff:
    Evaluation of the VIRTUE Video-Conference System Using the ITC-Sense of Presence Inventory,
    International Workshop on Presence, Aalborg, Denmark, October 2003, on CD-ROM.

  39. Eddie Cooke, Ingo Feldmann, Peter Kauff, and Oliver Schreer:
    A Modular Approach to Virtual View Creation for a Scalable Immersive Teleconferencing Configuration,
    Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2003), Barcelona, Spain, pp. 41-44, September 2003.

  40. Ingo Feldmann, Peter Kauff, and Peter Eisert:
    Image Cube Trajectory Analysis for Concentric Mosaics,
    Proceedings of International Workshop on Very Low Bitrate Video VLBV 2003, Madrid, Spain, pp. 341-350, September 2003.

  41. Ingo Feldmann, Peter Eisert, and Peter Kauff:
    Extension of Epipolar Image Analysis to Circular Camera Movements,
    Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing ICIP 2003, Barcelona, Spain, vol. 3, pp. 697-700, September 2003.

  42. Eddie Cooke, Peter Kauff, and Oliver Schreer:
    A Scalable and Modular Solution for Virtual View Creation in Image-Based Rendering Systems,
    Proceedings of International Workshop on Very Low Bitrate Video (VLBV 2003), Madrid, Spain, pp. 323-330, September 2003.

  43. Oliver Schreer, Nicole Atzpadin, S.Askar, and Peter Kauff:
    Advanced 3D Signal Processing in Virtual Team User Environments,
    Proceedings of International IEEE Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2003), Baltimore, MD, USA, July 2003, on CD-ROM.

  44. Eddie Cooke, Ingo Feldmann, Peter Kauff, and Oliver Schreer:
    Multi-View Synthesis for an Extendable Teleconferencing System,
    Proceedings of 3rd International Picture Coding Symposium (PCS 2003), St. Malo, France, pp. 199-204, April 2003.

  45. Nicole Atzpadin, Serap Askar, Peter Kauff, and Oliver Schreer:
    New Concept For Joint Disparity Estimation and Segmentation for Real-Time Video Processing,
    Proceedings of 3rd International Picture Coding Symposium (PCS 2003), St. Malo, France, pp. 155-160, April 2003.

  46. Serap Askar, Nicole Atzpadin, and Peter Kauff:
    Democratic Integration for Segmentation in a 3D Videoconference System,
    Proceedings of 3rd International Picture Coding Symposium (PCS 2003), St. Malo, France, pp. 329-334, April 2003.

  47. Ingo Feldmann, Ulrich Gölz, and Peter Kauff:
    Navigation Dependent Nonlinear Depth Scaling,
    Proceedings of 3rd International Picture Coding Symposium (PCS 2003), St. Malo, France, pp. 387-390, April 2003.

  48. Ingo Feldmann, Oliver Schreer, and Peter Kauff:
    Nonlinear Depth Scaling For Immersive Video Applications,
    Proceedings of 4th International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS 2003), London, UK, pp. 433-438, April 2003.

  49. Eddie Cooke, Peter Kauff, and Oliver Schreer:
    Image Analysis and Synthesis for Multiple Stereo Camera Teleconferencing Systems,
    Proceedings of 4th International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS 2003), London, UK, pp. 405-410, April 2003.

    50. 2002
  50. Oliver Schreer and Peter Kauff:
    An Immersive 3D Video-Conferencing System Using Shared Virtual Team User Environments,
    Proceedings of ACM Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVE 2002), Bonn, Germany, pp. 105-112, October 2002.

  51. Christoph Fehn, Peter Kauff, M. Op de Beeck, F. Ernst, W. Ijsselsteijn, M. Pollefeys, L. Vangool, E. Ofek, and I. Sexton:
    An Evolutionary and Optimised Approach on 3D-TV,
    Proceedings of International Broadcast Conference (IBC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 357-365, September 2002.

  52. Oliver Schreer, Michael Karl, and Peter Kauff:
    PCI-Based Multi-Processor System For Immersive Videoconference Terminals,
    Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME2002), Lausanne, Switzerland, August 2002.

  53. M. Op de Beeck, P. Wilinski, Christoph Fehn, and Peter Kauff:
    Towards an Optimized 3D Broadcast Chain,
    Proceedings of SPIE Three-Dimensional TV, Video and Display I, Boston, MA, USA, pp. 42-50, August 2002.

  54. Peter Kauff and Oliver Schreer:
    Virtual Team User Environments - A Step From Tele-Cubicles Towards Distributed Tele-Colaboration in Mediated Workspaces,
    Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME2002), Lausanne, Switzerland, August 2002.

  55. Christoph Fehn and Peter Kauff:
    Interactive Virtual View Video (IVVV) - The Bridge Between 3D-TV and Immersive TV,
    Proceedings of SPIE Three-Dimensional TV, Video and Display I, Boston, MA, USA, pp. 14-25, August 2002.

  56. Oliver Schreer, Michael Karl, and Peter Kauff:
    A TriMedia Based Multi-Processor System Using PCI Technology for Immersive Videoconference Terminals,
    Proceedings of 14th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Santorini, Greece, pp. 289-293, July 2002.

  57. Oliver Schreer, Ingo Feldmann, Ulrich Gölz, and Peter Kauff:
    Fast and Robust Shadow Detection in Videoconference Applications,
    Proceedings of 4th EURASIP IEEE International Symposium on Video Processing and Multimedia Communications (VIPromCom), Zadar, Croatia, pp. 371-377, June 2002.

  58. Serap Askar, Peter Kauff, Nicole Brandenburg, and Oliver Schreer:
    Fast Adaptive Upscaling of Low Structured Images Using a Hierarchical Filling Strategy,
    Proceedings of 4th EURASIP IEEE International Symposium on Video Processing and Multimedia Communications (VIPromCom), Zadar, Croatia, pp. 289-295, June 2002.

  59. Eddie Cooke, Peter Kauff, and Oliver Schreer:
    Multiple Narrow-Baseline System for Immersive Teleconferencing,
    Proceedings of 4th EURASIP IEEE International Symposium on Video Processing and Multimedia Communications (VIPromCom 2002), Zadar, Croatia, pp. 367-370, June 2002.

  60. Ingo Feldmann, Serap Askar, Nicole Brandenburg, Peter Kauff, and Oliver Schreer:
    Real-Time Segmentation for Advanced Disparity Estimation in Immersive Videoconference Applications,
    Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG 2002), Plzen, Czech Republic, pp. 171-178, February 2002.

  61. Eddie Cooke, Peter Kauff, and Oliver Schreer:
    Image-Based Rendering for Tele-Conference Systems,
    Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG 2002), Plzen, Czech Republic, February 2002.

  62. Peter Kauff, Oliver Schreer, and Ralf Tanger:
    Virtual Team User Environments - A Mixed Reality Approach for Immersive Tele-Collaboration”,
    International Workshop on Immersive Telepresence (ITP 2002), pp. 1-4, January 2002.

    63. 2001
  63. Oliver Schreer, Nicole Brandenburg, Serap Askar, and Peter Kauff:
    Hybrid Recursive Matching and Segmentation-Based Postprocessing in Real-Time Immersive Video Conferencing,
    Proceedings of Vision, Modeling and Visualization (VMV 2001), Stuttgart, Germany, pp. 383-390, November 2001.

  64. Christoph Fehn, Peter Kauff, and Ralf Schäfer:
    Interactive Virtual View Video - Eine Erweiterung des immersiven Fernsehens,
    Proceedings of 9th Dormunder Fernsehseminar, Dortmund, Germany, pp. 163-168, September 2001.

  65. Christoph Fehn, Peter Kauff, Oliver Schreer, and Ralf Schäfer:
    Interactive Virtual View Video for Immersive TV Applications,
    Proceedings of International Broadcast Conference (IBC 2001), Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 53-61, September 2001, IBC President's Award for the best technical paper.

  66. Oliver Schreer, Nicole Brandenburg, and Peter Kauff:
    Real-Time Disparity Analysis for Applications in Immersive Tele-Conference Scenarios - A Comparative Study,
    Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing (ICIAP 2001), Palermo, Italy, pp. 346-353, September 2001.

  67. E. Trucco, C. Plakas, Nicole Brandenburg, Peter Kauff, Michael Karl, and Oliver Schreer:
    Real-Time Disparity Analysis for Immersive 3-D Teleconferencing by Hybrid Recursive Matching and Census Transform,
    8th IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision, Proceedings of Workshop on Video Registration, Vancouver, Canada, July 2001.

  68. Peter Kauff, Oliver Schreer, and Jens-Rainer Ohm:
    An Universal Algorithm for Real-Time Estimation of Dense Displacement Vector Fields,
    Proceedings of International Conference on Media Futures, Florence, Italy, pp. 311-314, May 2001.

  69. Oliver Schreer, Nicole Brandenburg, C. Plakas, E. Trucco, and Peter Kauff:
    A Combination of Census Transform and a Hybrid Block- and Pixel-Recursive Disparity Analysis Approach for Real-Time Videoconferencing Applications,
    Proceedings of International Conference on Augmented, Virtual Environments and Three-Dimensional Imaging (ICAV3D), Mykonos, Greece, pp. 29-32, May 2001.

  70. Christoph Fehn, Eddie Cooke, Oliver Schreer, and Peter Kauff:
    3D Analysis and Image-Based Rendering for Immersive TV Applications,
    Proceedings of International Conference on Augmented, Virtual Environments and Three-Dimensional Imaging (ICAV3D), Mykonos, Greece, pp.192-195, May 2001.

  71. Christoph Fehn, Eddie Cooke, Oliver Schreer, and Peter Kauff:
    3D Image Analysis and Image-Based Rendering for Immersive TV Applications,
    Proc. International Conference on Augmented, Virtual Environments and Three-Dimensional Imaging (ICAV3D), Mykonos, Greece, vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 705-715, May 2001, Invited Journal paper.

  72. Oliver Schreer, Christoph Fehn, Nicole Brandenburg, Michael Karl, and Peter Kauff:
    Fast Disparity Estimator for Real-Time Video Processing Using a Hybrid Block- and Pixel-Recursive Matching Technique,
    Proceedings of 22nd Picture Coding Symposium (PCS 2001), Seoul, Korea, pp. 405-408, April 2001.

  73. Peter Kauff, Christoph Fehn, Eddie Cooke, and Oliver Schreer:
    Advanced Incomplete 3D Representation of Video Objects Using Trilinear Warping for Novel View Synthesis,
    Proceedings of 22nd Picture Coding Symposium (PCS 2001), Seoul, Korea, pp. 429-432, April 2001.

  74. Peter Kauff, Nicole Brandenburg, Michael Karl, and Oliver Schreer:
    Fast Hybrid Block- And Pixel-Recursive Disparity Analysis For Real-Time Applications in Immersive Tele-Conference Scenarios,
    Proceedings of 9th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG), Plzen, Czech Republic, February 2001.

    75. 2000
  75. Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, and Oliver Schreer:
    Immersive Telepresence for Broadcast and Communication,
    Proceedings of Information Society Technologies (IST 2000), Nice, France, November 2000.

  76. Peter Kauff and Klaas Schüür:
    A Real-Time MPEG-4 Software Encoder Using a Fast Motion Estimator Based on Hybrid Recursive Matching,
    Proceedings of ACM Multimedia, Los Angeles, USA, pp. 55-58, November 2000.

  77. Eddie Cooke, Oliver Schreer, B. Pasewaldt, and Peter Kauff:
    Extension of Incomplete 3D for Arbitrary Multi-View-Synthesis,
    Proceedings of 5th International Fall Workshop Vision, Modeling, and Visualization (VMV 2000), Saarbrücken, Germany, November 2000.

  78. Peter Kauff, Ralf Schäfer, and Oliver Schreer:
    Tele-Immersion in Shared Presence Conference Systems,
    Proceedings of International Broadcast Conference (IBC 2000), Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 610-615, September 2000.

  79. Oliver Schreer, Nicole Brandenburg, and Peter Kauff:
    Disparitätsanalyse konvergenter und rektifizierter Stereoansichten: Eine vergleichende Untersuchung,
    Proceedings of 22. DAGM-Symposium of Pattern Recognition (DAGM), Kiel, Germany, pp. 59-66, September 2000.

  80. Oliver Schreer, Nicole Brandenburg, and Peter Kauff:
    A Comparative Study on Disparity Analysis Based on Convergent and Rectified Views,
    Proceedings of 11th British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC 2000), Bristol, United Kingdom, pp. 556-565, September 2000.

  81. Peter Kauff, U. Höfker, and Ulrich Gölz:
    Immersive TV - Das Fernseherlebnis der Zukunft,
    Proceedings of 19. Jahrestagung der Fernseh- und Kinotechnischen Gesellschaft (FKTG), Braunschweig, Germany, pp. 225-251, May 2000.

  82. Stefan Rauthenberg, Peter Kauff, and Andreas Graffunder:
    The Virtual Meeting Point: A Real-Time Implementation of a Shared Virtual Environment System Using Today's Technology in Connection with the MPEG-4 Standard,
    Proceedings of International Workshop on Presence, Delft, Netherlands, April 2000.

  83. Eddie Cooke, Michael Karl, Peter Kauff, and Oliver Schreer:
    Realtime View Adaptation of Video Objects in 3-Dimensional Virtual Environments,
    Proceedings of International Workshop on Presence, Delft, Netherlands, April 2000.

    84. 1999
  84. Peter Kauff, Jens-Rainer Ohm, and Thomas Sikora:
    The MPEG-4 Standard and its Application in Virtual 3D Environments,
    Proceedings of 32nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Monterey, USA, November 1999.

  85. Stefan Rauthenberg, Uwe Kowalik, Andreas Graffunder, and Peter Kauff:
    Virtual Shop and Virtual Meeting Point: Two Prototype Applications of Interactive Services Using the New Multimedia Coding Standard MPEG-4,
    Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Communication (ICCC 1999), Tokyo, Japan, September 1999.

    86. 1997
  86. Peter Kauff and Klaas Schüür:
    An Extension of Shape-Adaptive DCT Towards DC Separation and Delta-DC-Correction,
    Proceedings of Picture Coding Symposium (PCS 1997), Berlin, Germany, September 1997.

    87. 1996
  87. Peter Kauff, Ralf Schäfer, and Thomas Sikora:
    MPEG-4 Coding and its Prospects for Audio-Visual Communication,
    IMAGE COM 96, Bordeaux, France, March 1996, Invited Paper.

    88. 1993
  88. Ulrich Gölz, Peter Kauff, and Ralf Schäfer:
    On the Use of Preanalyzers for Coding of HDTV with Variable and Flexible Bit Rates,
    5th International Workshop on Packet Video (PV), Berlin, Germany, March 1993.

    89. 1992
  89. Peter Kauff, Stefan Rauthenberg, Martin Hahn, R. Ritter, and M. Charatishwili:
    An Improved Coding Scheme For Studio Recording Of Interlaced And Progressive HDTV-Signals,
    Conference on signal processing of HDTV, Kawasaki, Japan, November 1992.

  90. Peter Kauff, Peter Stammnitz, and Ralf Schäfer:
    A Codec for Digital Studio Recording of HDTV,
    International Broadcast Convention (IBC'02), Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 112-116, July 2002.

  91. R. Hedtke, Peter Kauff, Ralf Schäfer, and Peter Stammnitz:
    Ein experimenteller digitaler VCR für die datenreduzierte Magnetbandaufzeichnung von HDTV-Signalen, Tagungsband der ,
    15. Jahrestagung der Fernseh- und Kinotechnischen Gesellschaft (FKTG), Berlin, Germany, pp. 589-606, June 1992.

    92. 1991
  92. Peter Kauff, Peter Stammnitz, and Ralf Schäfer:
    Ein Codec für die datenreduzierte Magnetbandaufzeichnung von HDTV-Signalen im Studio, Tagungsband des ,
    4. ITG-Fachtagung Dortmunder Fernsehseminar, Dortmund, Germany, October 1991.

  93. Martin Hahn, Peter Kauff, and Stefan Rauthenberg:
    A DCT Coding Scheme For Digital HDTV Recording,
    4th international workshop on HDTV and beyond, Torino, Italy, September 1991.

    94. 1990
  94. Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, Stefan Rauthenberg, Shing-Chi Chen, and Martin Hahn:
    HDTV-Codierung für die digitale Magnetbandaufzeichnung, Tagungsband der ,
    14. Jahrestagung der Fernseh- und Kinotechnischen Gesellschaft (FKTG), Kassel, Germany, pp. 367-382, May 1990.

  95. Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, Stefan Rauthenberg, Shing-Chi Chen, and Martin Hahn:
    HDTV-Codierung für die digitale Magnetbandaufzeichnung,
    15te Jahrestagung der FKTG, May 1990.

  96. Ralf Schäfer, Shing-Chi Chen, Peter Kauff, and Mathias Leptin:
    A Comparison of Different HDTV-Standards Using Subjective and Objective Criteria,
    Proceedings of HDTV-Colloquium, January 1990.

    97. 1989
  97. Peter Kauff and Ralf Schäfer:
    Multidimensional Noise Weighting in HDTV and its Application to HD-MAC,
    3rd International Workshop on HDTV, Torino, Italy, August 1989.

  98. Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, Shing-Chi Chen, and Matthias Leptin:
    A Comparison of Different HDTV-Standards Using Subjective and Objective Criteria,
    3rd International Workshop on HDTV, Torino, Italy, August 1989.

  99. Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, and Ulrich Gölz:
    On the Application of Spatio-Temporal Contrast-Sensitivity Functions to HDTV,
    Applied Vision - Topical Meeting (OSA), San Francisco, USA., June 1989.

    100. 1988
  100. Peter Kauff and Ralf Schäfer:
    Comparison of Sequential and Interlaced Scan for HDTV with Regard to Spatial and Temporal Resolution,
    International Conference on Consumer Electronics, Chicago, USA, June 1988.

    101. 1987
  101. Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, and Shing-Chi Chen:
    Technical Solutions for a Sequential HDTV-Production Standard with Today's Technology,
    Third International Colloquium on Advanced Television Systems, Ottawa, Canada, pp. 2.5.1-2.5.20, October 1987.

  102. Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, and Shing-Chi Chen:
    Ein universelles Kamera-Simulationsmodell für die Erzeugung von Bewegtbildsequenzen,
    6th Aachen Symposium on Signal Theory, Aachen, Germany, pp. 295-300, September 1987.

  103. Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, and Shing-Chi Chen:
    A Sequentially Scanned HDTV-Camera System Exploiting the Spatial-Temporal Resolution Trade Off,
    Picture Coding Symposium (PCS'87), Stockholm, Schweden, June 1987.

    104. 1986
  104. Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, and Ulrich Gölz:
    Subjektive Bewertung von Verfahren der Farbsignalaufbereitung und -verarbeitung mit erweitertem Farbenraum und Konstant-Luminanz-Prinzip, Vortrag Nr. 3 auf der ,
    12. Jahrestagung der Fernseh- und Kinotechnischen Gesellschaft (FKTG), Mainz, Germany, June 1986.

  105. Ralf Schäfer and Peter Kauff:
    Subjective Evaluation of Improved Colorimetry and Optimized Chrominance Coding for High Definition Television, Paper 2.1, Proceedings of ,
    Picture Coding Symposium (PCS'86), Tokyo, Japan, April 1986.

Contributions to Standardization
    2009
  1. Aljoacha Smolic, Karsten Müller, Peter Kauff, and Thomas Wiegand:
    Results Considerations about the Vision of a 3D Video Standard,
    ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, MPEG09/M16130, Lausanne, Switzerland, January 2009.

    2. 2008
  2. Ingo Feldmann, Marcus Müller, Frederik Zilly, Ralf Tanger, Karsten Müller, Aljoacha Smolic, Peter Kauff, and Thomas Wiegand:
    HHI Test Material for 3D Video,
    ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, MPEG08/M15413, Archamps, France, May 2008.

  3. Ingo Feldmann, Marcus Müller, Frederik Zilly, Ralf Tanger, Karsten Müller, Aljoscha Smolic, Peter Kauff, and Thomas Wiegand:
    HHI Test Material for 3D Video,
    ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, MPEG08/M15413, Archamps, France, May 2008.

  4. Ingo Feldmann, Marcus Müller, Frederik Zilly, Ralf Tanger, Karsten Müller, Aljoscha Smolic, Peter Kauff, and Thomas Wiegand:
    Progress Report on 3DTV Video AcquisitionISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, MPEG08/M15102, Antalya, Turkey,
    ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, MPEG08/M15102, Antalya, Turkey, January 2008.

  5. Ingo Feldmann, Marcus Müller, Frederik Zilly, Ralf Tanger, Karsten Müller, Aljoacha Smolic, Peter Kauff, and Thomas Wiegand:
    Progress Report on 3DTV Video Acquisition,
    ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, MPEG08/M15102, Antalya, Turkey, January 2008.

    6. 2007
  6. Christoph Fehn, Peter Kauff, Karsten Müller, Aljoscha Smolic, S. Cho, N. Hur, J. Jim, and S.-I. Lee:
    Asymmetric coding of stereoscopic video for mobile 3DTV,
    Joint Video Team of ISO/IEC MPEG & ITU-T VCEG, Doc. JVT-Y082, Shenzen, China, October 2007.

  7. Aljoscha Smolic, Karsten Müller, Philipp Merkle, Nicole Atzpadin, Christoph Fehn, Marcus Müller, Oliver Schreer, Ralf Tanger, Peter Kauff, Thomas Wiegand, Z. Megyesi:
    Multi-view video plus depth (MVD) format for advanced 3D video systems,
    JVT-V100, San Jose, CA, USA, April 2007.

    8. 2006
  8. Detlev Marpe, Heiner Kirchhoffer, Valeri George, Christoph Fehn, Peter Kauff, and Thomas Wiegand:
    MB-Adaptive Residual Colour Transform for 4:4:4 Coding,
    Joint Video Team (JVT), Bangkok, Thailand, Doc. JVT-R071, January 2006.

    9. 2003
  9. Christoph Fehn, Peter Kauff, and Aljoscha Smolic:
    Broadcast Transmission of 3D-TV Data,
    MPEG Meeting - ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Trondheim, Norway, MPEG03/M9875, July 2003.

  10. Christoph Fehn, Klaas Schüür, Peter Kauff, and Aljoscha Smolic:
    Coding Results for EE4 in MPEG 3DAV,
    MPEG Meeting - ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Pattaya, Thailand, MPEG03/M9561, April 2003.

  11. Christoph Fehn, Klaas Schüür, Peter Kauff, and Aljoscha Smolic:
    Meta-Data Requirements for EE4 in MPEG 3DAV,
    MPEG Meeting - ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Pattaya, Thailand, MPEG03/M9559, April 2003.

    12. 2002
  12. Christoph Fehn, Klaas Schüür, Ingo Feldmann, Peter Kauff, and Aljoscha Smolic:
    Distribution of ATTEST Test Sequences for EE4 in MPEG 3DAV,
    MPEG Meeting - ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Awaji Island, Japan, MPEG02/M9219, December 2002.

  13. Klaas Schüür, Christoph Fehn, Ingo Feldmann, Peter Kauff, and Aljoscha Smolic:
    Preliminary results on disparity coding with in-loop median filter,
    MPEG Meeting - ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Shanghai, China, MPEG02/M9017, October 2002.

  14. Christoph Fehn, Klaas Schüür, Ingo Feldmann, Peter Kauff, and Aljoscha Smolic:
    Proposed experimental conditions for EE4 in MPEG 3DAV,
    MPEG Meeting - ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Shanghai, China, MPEG02/M9016, October 2002.

  15. Klaas Schüür, Christoph Fehn, Peter Kauff, and Aljoscha Smolic:
    About the Impact of Disparity Coding on Novel View Synthesis,
    MPEG Meeting - ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11, Klagenfurt, Austria, MPEG02/M8676, July 2002.

    16. 1989
  16. Peter Kauff and Ralf Schäfer:
    Considerations on 3-dimensional Noise Weighting in HDTV and its Application to HD-MAC,
    EUREKA 95-Project 1, doc. EU95-001/143, February 1989.

    17. 1987
  17. Ralf Schäfer and Peter Kauff:
    HDTV Colorimetry and Gamma Considering the Visibility of Noise and Quantization Errors,
    EUREKA 95-Project 1, Doc. EU95-1/018, February 1987.

Invited Talks and Tutorials
    2010
  1. Marcus Müller, Ralf Tanger, Peter Kauff, and Ralf Schäfer:
    3D-Formatkonversion für autostereoskopische Displays,
    FKTG-Jahrestagung, Hamburg, Germany, May 20, 2010.

  2. Frederik Zilly, Peter Kauff, Ralf Schäfer, and Josef Kluger:
    Stereoscopic Analyzer (STAN) – ein Kamerassistenzsystem für Stereoproduktionen,
    FKTG-Jahrestagung, Hamburg, Germany, May 20, 2010.

 		 
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