Television – Bandwidth reduction system – Data rate reduction
Patent
1996-07-08
1997-10-14
Coles, Sr., Edward L.
Television
Bandwidth reduction system
Data rate reduction
3582621, 358430, 358432, 358539, 382166, 382250, 348393, H04N 1411, H04N 1415, H04N 712
Patent
active
056777361
ABSTRACT:
In data processing wherein image data are processed by dividing them into blocks, a chroma data W is obtained from the color difference data W.sub.R and W.sub.B, and the color difference data W.sub.R and W.sub.B are corrected according to an amplitude of the chroma data W. For example, if the chroma W is smaller than a prescribed threshold value, the color difference data W.sub.R and W.sub.B are set as zero. Then, the so-called block distortion can be prevented. The degree of the correction may depend on the amplitude of the chroma data W. On the other hand, DC coefficients of discrete cosine transform coefficients of adjacent blocks are compared with each other. When the DC coefficients are different from each other, block distortion occurs if they represent a same image. Then, if differences of DC coefficients of discrete cosine transform coefficients of adjacent blocks are small with each other, the DC coefficients are corrected to tend to have similar values. As to the AC coefficients, a comparator compares absolute values of AC components in the DCT coefficient data received from a discrete cosine transform section with a prescribed threshold value. Then, if absolute values of AC components in the DCT coefficient data are smaller than a prescribed threshold value, the values of the AC components are not sent to a coding section because in such cases read errors or the like are thought to affect the AC components.
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Nakatani Munehiro
Sakatani Kazuomi
Suzuki Hiroyuki
Coles Sr. Edward L.
Minolta Co. , Ltd.
Williams Kimberly A.
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