Television – Bandwidth reduction system – Data rate reduction
Patent
1994-08-19
1997-02-11
Britton, Howard W.
Television
Bandwidth reduction system
Data rate reduction
348422, 382240, 382248, H04N 728, H04N 730
Patent
active
056025890
ABSTRACT:
A weighted wavelet hierarchical vector quantization (WWHVQ) procedure is initiated by obtaining an N.times.N pixel image where 8 bits per pixel (steps 10 and 12). A look-up operation is performed to obtain data representing a discrete wavelet transform (DWT) followed by a quantization of the data (step 14). Upon completion of the look-up, a data compression will have been performed. Further stages and look-up will result in further compression of the data, i.e., 4:1, 8:1, 16:1, 32:1, 64:1, . . . etc. Accordingly, a determination is made whether the compression is complete (step 16). If the compression is incomplete, further look-up is performed. If the compression is complete, however, the compressed data is transmitted (step 18). It is determined at a gateway whether further compression is required (step 19). If so, transcoding is performed (step 20). The receiver receives the compressed data (step 22). Subsequently, a second look-up operation is performed to obtain data representing an inverse discrete wavelet transform of the decompressed data (step 24). After one iteration, the data is decompressed by a factor of two. Further iterations allows for further decompression of the data. Accordingly, a determination is made whether decompression is complete (step 26). If the decompression is in incomplete, further look-ups are performed. If, however, the decompression is complete, the WWHVQ procedure is ended (step 28).
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Chou Philip
Vishwanath Mohan
Britton Howard W.
Xerox Corporation
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