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Method for compression encoding of digital picture video signals, using co-encoding of blocks from several pictures

US5990961A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 5, 1997
Grant dateNov 23, 1999
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/577
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a digital picture video signal compression encoding process for transmitting such signals via a narrowband transmission medium, two or more pictures are co-encoded by encoding/decoding blocks having the same picture position, together. First, the block of the last picture is encoded/decoded, and thereafter the decoded result in this block is used as a prediction for the remaining blocks, together with information from previously decoded pictures. Preferably one single shift/movement vector is used in order to indicate a prediction for several blocks. In addition, transform coefficients representing difference signals to be transmitted, are interwoven from the blocks to be co-encoded, so that the transmission format for transforming coefficients will be the same as when encoding/decoding one block.

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