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Signal encoding and reconstruction using pixons

US5912993A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 8, 1993
Grant dateJun 15, 1999
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Expiry dateJun 8, 2013

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

Abstract

The method identifies a pixon, a fundamental and indivisible unit of information, and a pixon basis, which represents the smallest number of cells of arbitrary shape or position required to fit the data, representing the minimum degrees of freedom necessary to specify the image. The goodness-of-fit is determined according to the Maximum Residual Likelihood (MRL) statistic or a similar chi-squared statistic.

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