Method and apparatus for wavelet based data compression having adaptive bit rate control for compression of digital audio or other sensory data
US5819215A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 13, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 13, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L25/27
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The compression method utilizes a combination of both lossy and lossless compression to achieve significant compression while retaining very high subjective quality of the reconstructed or decompressed signal. Methods and apparatus for compression and decompression of digital audio data are provided. In one preferred embodiment, the compression method or apparatus has a bit rate control feedback loop particularly well suited to matching the output bit rate of the data compressor to the bandwidth capacity of a communication channel. Embodiments trade-off various error sources in order to keep perceptible distortion levels to a minimum for a fixed bit rate. Preferred embodiments also utilize a unique combination of run length and Huffman encoding methods in order to take advantage of both local and global statistics.
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