Multilayer universal video coder

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1991-03-22

1993-08-10

Weldon, Ulysses

Facsimile and static presentation processing

Facsimile

Specific signal processing circuitry

358133, 358135, 358138, H04N 712

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052354202

ABSTRACT:
A video coder is disclosed which codes the digital pel values of a video signal in such a manner that different levels of picture quality, i.e. resolution, are available to users. The coder uses a two-dimensional quadrature-mirror filter (103) to decomposes the input into plural subbands. The baseband lowest horizontal-lowest vertical frequency subband is coded using a hybrid DCT/DPCM coder (104) that is compatible with a proposed CCITT standardized codec. The output of this coder is a layer 1 signal which is available to subscribers who desire only low-quality video service. The other subbands are coded using an interframe DPCM coder (108, 109, 110, 111) for those subbands in which the filtered samples in the subband represent horizontal or vertical edge variations in the video frame, or an intraframe PCM coder (116, 117) for those subbands in which the filtered samples in the subband represent diagonal variations. Other layer signals are formed by combining the outputs of selected of the interframe and intraframe codes. A user subscribing to increasing number of signal layers is able to reconstruct a signal of increasing quality.

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