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Arithmetic coding compressor for encoding multiple bit values

US5857035A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Filing dateMay 19, 1997
Grant dateJan 5, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T9/005
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention looks for large regions of white or black pixels. In those regions, it is very likely the next few pixels will continue to be the same all white/black value. The present invention replaces the actual encoding of those pixels with whether or not the multi-bit jump was a success. If the jump was unsuccessful then each of the bits unsuccessfully jumped over is encoded using a predefined location in the probability table.

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