Object of interest based image processing

A system comprising:

• a camera configured to capture a video signal having a plurality of image frames;
• an encoding engine operatively coupled to the camera and configured to:
• receive the plurality of captured image frames;
• and
• encode one or more objects of interest in respective image frames based on one or more bit densities that are higher than a bit density of a background region of the respective image frames, wherein the background region surrounds the one or more objects of interest;
• and
• a transmitter coupled to the encoding engine and configured to transmit the encoded-ef plurality of image frames to one or more recipients.

An article of manufacture comprising:

• a tangible and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium;
• and
• a plurality of programming instructions stored in the storage medium, and configured to cause an apparatus, in response to execution of the programming instructions, to perform operations including:
• receiving a plurality of image frames of a video signal;
• and
• encoding one or more objects of interest within respective image frames based on one or more bit densities that are higher than a bit density of a background region of the respective image frames, wherein the background region surrounds the one or more objects of interest.