Television – Special applications – Simulator
Patent
1997-04-08
1998-06-16
Voeltz, Emanuel Todd
Television
Special applications
Simulator
348403, 370394, 382232, H04N 1413
Patent
active
057685355
ABSTRACT:
A software-based encoder is provided for an end-to-end scalable video delivery system that operates over heterogeneous networks. The encoder utilizes a scalable video compression algorithm based on a Laplacian pyramid decomposition to generate an embedded information stream. The decoder decimates a highest resolution original image, e.g., 640.times.480 pixels, to produce an intermediate 320.times.240 pixel image that is decimated to produce an intermediate 160.times.120 pixel image that is compressed to form an encodable base layer 160.times.120 pixel image. This base layer image is decompressed to form an image that is up-sampled by interpolation to produce an up-sampled 320.times.240 pixel image. This up-sampled image is subtracted from the intermediate 320.times.240 pixel image to form an error image that is compressed and encoded as a first enhancement 640.times.480 pixel layer. The decompressed base layer image is also up-sampled at step to produce an up-sampled 640.times.480 pixel image that is subtracted from the original 640.times.480 pixel image 200 to yield an error image that is compressed to yield a second enhancement 320.times.240 pixel layer. Collectively, the base and enhancement layers comprise the transmitted embedded bit stream. At the receiving end, the decoder extracts from the embedded stream different streams at different spatial and temporal resolutions. Because decoding requires only additions and look-ups from a small stored table, decoding occurs in real-time.
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Chaddha Navin
Hanko James G.
Northcutt J. Duane
Wall Gerard A.
Peeso Thomas
Sun Microsystems Inc.
Todd Voeltz Emanuel
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