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Efficient signal compression format schemes

US9215297B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 4, 2013
Grant dateDec 15, 2015
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Expiry dateMar 20, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/04
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of efficient signal compression format schemes are described. In various embodiments, samples are grouped into one or more blocks. One or more scaling factors are determined for the samples in the one or more blocks. In some cases, a block scaling factor is determined for each block. Further, in some embodiments, if a unique scaling factor exists among samples in a block, the position of the sample is identified. In turn, sign extension bits are scaled from the one or more blocks, and samples in the one or more blocks are quantized. In one embodiment, based on a number of sign extension bits scaled from the block and whether the unique scaling factor exists, a scaling code word is encoded for the block. In other embodiments, implicity, adaptive scaling, and/or adaptive quantization, for example, are used to increase the performance of the compression schemes.

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