Method and apparatus for digital data compression
US5848192A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 24, 1994 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T9/007
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for processing a stream of digital bit sets, each related to a different subject in a passing array, and including an arrangement for compressing the bit-sets and sending the results to an utilization stage; plus: a preprocessing stage for distributing each bit set in N parallel bit-compression paths, with all input sent to a common input buffer feeding these paths and each compression path being adapted to execute a prescribed first compression to ascertain "initial factors", and then a prescribed second compression to use the initial factors, with the second compression values selected according to "word count" factors derived from results of the first compression, and to thus provide a prescribed time-compressed output to the utilization stage; with both compressions performed according to JPEG standards; and the second compressions performed using prescribed selected QM and Huffman table values, and with a post processor stage to accept the compressed; data as 32-bit output and funnel it down to 16-bit output presented to the utilization stage.
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