Video telecommunication system and method for compressing and decompressing digital color video data
US4847677A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 27, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/93
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The method and system of compressing and decompressing digital color video data in a video communication system utilizes a digital color video signal having three video color components, and involves the determination of a predetermined number of the most visually significant combinations of color components in a picture frame, and the encoding of the color components as compressed color codes in a series of run length and compressed color code combinations. Line-to-line differences and movement of edges and segments of the picture frames are determined, and frame-to-frame differences are also encoded to reduce the amount of information to a minimum. Further statistical encoding of at least a portion of the run length and color code combinations is also provided. The digitally compressed color component codes are decoded according to a look up table to form a table of the three digital color components for each run length, and the run lengths and corresponding color components are stored in an array in a buffer memory to represent the scan lines in a video picture frame.
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