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Method and apparatus for compressing and decompressing three-dimensional digital data using fractal transform

US5754704A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 10, 1995
Grant dateMay 19, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 10, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/99
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus are described for-encoding a three-dimensional array of data representing a physical entity, such as an image (or sequence of frames), by means of its local symmetries. This encoding yields both compression and a resolution-independent description which allows reconstruction of the image to an arbitrary scale. Spatial zooming and interframe interpolation can be achieved without significant loss of information.

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