Image analysis – Image compression or coding – Adaptive coding
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-01
2008-10-14
Chen, Wenpeng (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Image compression or coding
Adaptive coding
C382S240000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07437010
ABSTRACT:
Methods and systems for encoding, transmitting and decoding digital images by rate-distortion adaptive zerotree-based residual vector quantization are disclosed. A method of the invention includes receiving a digital image, transforming the digital image into the wavelet domain generating a pyramid hierarchy, losslessly encoding a top LL subband from the pyramid hierarchy, encoding other subbands by vector quantization based on a zerotree insignificance prediction, generating an encoded image from the lossless encoding and vector quantization encoding, transmitting the encoded image along a communications channel, receiving the encoded image transmitted along the communications channel, reconstructing a zerotree from the encoded image, vector quantization decoding subbands from the encoded image other than a top LL subband, losslessly decoding the top LL subband from the encoded image, reverse wavelet transforming the top LL subband and the vector quantization decoded subbands and outputting a decoded image.
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Budge Scott E.
Gu Qun
Chen Wenpeng
Utah State University
Workman Nydegger
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