Pulse or digital communications – Bandwidth reduction or expansion – Television or motion video signal
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-29
2011-03-29
Rao, Andy S (Department: 2482)
Pulse or digital communications
Bandwidth reduction or expansion
Television or motion video signal
C375S240010
Reexamination Certificate
active
07916794
ABSTRACT:
A system and process for broadcast and communication with bi-level or sketch video at extremely low bandwidths is described. Essentially, bi-level and sketch video presents the outlines of the objects in a scene being depicted. Bi-level and sketch video provides a clearer shape, smoother motion, shorter initial latency and cheaper computational cost than do conventional DCT-based video compression methods. This is accomplished by converting each color or gray-scale image frame to bi-level or sketch image frame using adaptive thresholding method, compressing bi-level or sketch image frames into bi-level or sketch video using adaptive context-based arithmetic coding method. Bi-level or sketch video is particularly suitable to such small devices as Pocket PCs and mobile phones that possess small display screen, low bandwidth connection, and light computational power.
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Chen Gang
Li Jiang
Shum Heung-Yeung
Lyon Richard T.
Lyon & Harr LLP
Microsoft Corporation
Rao Andy S
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