Facsimile and static presentation processing – Facsimile – Specific signal processing circuitry
Patent
1989-11-13
1990-11-27
Britton, Howard W.
Facsimile and static presentation processing
Facsimile
Specific signal processing circuitry
358 13, 358 44, H04N 7133, H04N 1104
Patent
active
049740784
ABSTRACT:
In a method for creating a scan sequence for a single chip color camera an analysis of typical images, captured through a color filter array, is performed to determine an optimal scan sequence for the particular array and/or the typical images. The images, after being digitally captured, are separated into red, green and a blue image databases and the color databases are processed separately. A Discrete Cosine Transform is performed on blocks of the image data and the average RMS values for the coefficients of the images are determined. The RMS values are sorted in descending order to produce a descending scan sequence that optimizes the performance of run length coding schemes. The scan sequence can be stored in a hardware, firmware or software lookup table as a list of block coordinates or indices and used by the camera system to convert two dimensional blocks of coefficients into one dimensional lists of coefficients suitable for run length coding. The block coefficients are used to convert the decoded coefficients into image blocks before presentation on a color CRT of before producing a color print. By incorporating the method into an image capture system an adaptive system which will optimize coding for different image environments and/or different color filter arrays suitable for the different environments is produced.
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Britton Howard W.
Dugas Edward
Eastman Kodak Company
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