摘要:
An image compression apparatus is discussed that includes a first look-up table providing a quantized code, a second look-up table providing the length of that code, and a predictive coding circuit which generates an address for indexed those look-up tables.
摘要:
Embodiments of a method of generating Huffman code length information are disclosed. In one such embodiment, a data structure is employed, although, of course, the invention is not limited in scope to the particular embodiments disclosed.
摘要:
Embodiments of a fuzzy distinction based thresholding technique for image segmentation are disclosed. In one embodiment, at least one signal value level of the image is determined along which to divide a fuzzy histogram, the histogram being based, at least in part, on the image. The signal value represents a value which produces a divided fuzzy histogram with an extreme value of one of distinctiveness and fuzziness based on a measure of multidimensional distance between measurement distributions and their respective complements. The image is then segmented using the at least one signal value.
摘要:
What is disclosed is a method that specifies identifying a category to which a pixel belongs and performing integrated contrast enhancement and gray scale adjustment on the pixel in accordance with the identified category. These enhanced/adjusted values may be looked up in a table constructed to contain a mapping for all such values.
摘要:
An integrated color interpolation and color space conversion technique and apparatus. A raw image that is arranged in a Bayer pattern where each pixel has only one of the color components needed to form a full color resolution pixel may be converted using this technique directly to a YCrCb image space without any intermediate conversion or interpolation steps. Specifically, in one instance, an 8-bit Bayer pattern raw image may be converted directly to a 12-bit YCrCb space in a single step approach. Such an integrated technique may more readily and inexpensively implemented in hardware such as on a digital camera, or in software.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for efficient image encoding in a predictive coding or other error image based image compression scheme, a pseudo-fixed length code is employed to convert certain calculated error values into codewords. The code is pseudo-fixed length since the length of codewords is fixed for a particular range of values and then increased for the next range. The length of codewords is not needed in decoding by choosing prefixes that uniquely distinguish codewords when packed together. As a result, efficient and quick image encoding/decoding is made possible.
摘要:
A method comprising constructing virtual (Discrete Wavelet Transform) DWT sub-bands; from an image without performing the DWT and then applying an inverse DWT upon the virtual sub-bands, the result of the inverse DWT representing an up-sampled version of the image. Alternatively, an apparatus comprising an interface configured to communicate image data, and an up-sampling unit, the up-sampling unit coupled to the interface to receive the image data, the up-sampling unit configured to construct virtual sub-band input data from the image data, the up-sampling unit configured to perform an inverse DWT upon the input data generating an up-sampled image therefrom. In an alternate embodiment, an apparatus comprising a computer readable medium having instructions which when executed perform constructing virtual (Discrete Wavelet Transform) DWT sub-bands from an image without performing the DWT, applying an inverse DWT upon the virtual sub-bands, the result of the inverse DWT representing an up-sampled version of the image.
摘要:
What is disclosed is a method that includes determining the direction of most probable correlation of a transformed set of image data, and error encoding transformed data, the error determined between a transformed data value and a predicted neighbor data value in the determined direction. In an imaging apparatus that employs a DWT, or Discrete Wavelet Transform to compress an image, the direction of edges in the compressed data in used to generate a more highly correlated error image than typically provided for.
摘要:
What is disclosed is an image scaling technique and apparatus. The technique and apparatus utilizes a discrete wavelet transform (DWT). The DWT is applied row-wise to an image, which results in a low frequency sub-band and a high frequency sub-band. The DWT is again applied column-wise to the result of the row-wise DWT. The end result is a 2:1 scaled image. The process may be modified easily to obtain a 4:1 scaled image. Further, the architecture for computing the DWT provides high throughput and is composed, due to the nature of the DWT of address multipliers, registers and delay elements.
摘要:
The invention provides an integrated systolic architecture which can perform both forward and inverse Discrete Wavelet Transforms with a minimum of complexity. A plurality of processing cells, each having an adder and a multiplier, are coupled to a set of multiplexers and delay elements to selectively receive a single input datastream in the forward DWT mode and two datastreams in the inverse DWT mode. In the forward DWT mode, the integrated architecture decomposes the input datastream into two output sequences—a high frequency sub-band output and a low frequency sub-band output. In the inverse DWT mode, the integrated architecture reconstructs the original input sequence by outputting even terms and odd terms on alternating clock cycles. As a result, the architecture can achieve 100% utilization and is suitable to be implemented in VLSI circuitry.