Weighted runlength encoding
US10341689B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 23, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G2340/145
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A weighed run-length encoding and decoding method and related devices and encoded bitstream. The encoded bitstream can comprise one or more of the following: a skip command packed into a nybble, the skip command indicating how many transparent pixels which are inserted into the bitstream, wherein there is up to a maximum number of transparent pixels; a solid command packed into a nybble, the solid command indicating how many solid pixels should be inserted into the decoded bitstream, wherein there are up to the maximum number of solid pixels; and a quote command packed into a nybble, the quote command indicating how many quoted pixels should be inserted into the decoded bitstream, wherein there are up to the maximum number of quoted pixels.
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