Fractal representation of data
US6111988A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 24, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F17/147
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided for the fractal representation of data in which a representative continuous n-dimensional surface is defined as a first approximation to the original data. Residual data is formed from the date and the n-dimensional surface, and is then divided into a first number of regions. For each of the first number of regions, the following steps are performed: A number of domain regions are determined from the data; for a current one of each of the domain regions, a second representative n-dimensional surface is formed from the current domain; a (domain residual is formed from the current domain region; and the second representative n-dimensional surface, and a closest distance or error measure is determined. After processing each of the regions, the representation of data is stored.
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