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Picture signal coding apparatus
Assignee: NTT Inc
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Filing: 1978-11-14
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Granted: 1980-12-09
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Expires: 1998-11-14
Abstract
Abstract A frame of a gray-scaled picture is divided into blocks, in each of which the mean luminance of picture elements is used as a threshold value for comparison with each picture element signal to classify it into 0 or 1 according to its magnitude to provide a resolution component. From the resolution component and each picture element signal in the block are calculated two gray components; the resolution component and the two gray components are used as coded outputs for each block.
Inventors
- 👤 Eiji Mitsuya
- 👤 Tomio Kishimoto
- 👤 Katsusuke Hoshida
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 00:10
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N19/00; H04N19/90; H04N19/98
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
A picture signal coding apparatus comprising: threshold value setting means for dividing a frame of a gray-scaled picture into a plurality of coding blocks and setting at least one threshold value for each of the coding blocks based on the brightness distribution therein; means for classifying the brightness level of each picture element of each coding block into any one of level ranges defined by the threshold value to obtain a resolution component; typical brightness level calculating means for obtaining at least two typical brightness levels from the classification result and the brightness levels of the picture elements of each coding block; and means for sending out codes respectively representing the resolution components and the typical brightness levels.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
118 words
A picture signal coding apparatus comprising: threshold value setting means for dividing a frame of a gray-scaled picture into a plurality of coding blocks and setting at least one threshold value for each of the coding blocks based on the brightness distribution therein; means for classifying the brightness level of each picture element of each coding block into any one of level ranges defined by the threshold value to obtain a resolution component; typical brightness level calculating means for obtaining at least two typical brightness levels from the classification result and the brightness levels of the picture elements of each coding block; and means for sending out codes respectively representing the resolution components and the typical brightness levels.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
A picture signal coding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said threshold value setting means sets one threshold value, wherein the resolution component is information composed of one bit for each picture element, and wherein the number of typical luminance levels used is two.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
60 words
A picture signal coding apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said threshold value setting means obtains a mean value of the luminance levels of the picture elements of each block, and wherein said typical luminance level calculating means calculate mean values a 0 and a 1 of the luminance levels of the picture elements below and above the threshold value.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A picture signal coding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said threshold value setting means, said resolution component obtaining means and said typical luminance level calculating means are formed with a common microprocessor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
146 words
A picture signal decoding apparatus adapted to be supplied, for each block constituting a portion of a gray-scaled picture, with codes representing resolution components showing whether the brightness level of each picture element is above or below a threshold value for the block, with a code representing a typical brightness level for the picture elements having levels above the threshold value in the block, and with a code representing a typical brightness level for the picture elements having levels below the threshold value in the block; said decoding apparatus comprising means for deriving from said codes the resolution components and the two typical brightness levels corresponding to the block, and means for outputting, based on the resolution components, one of the two typical brightness levels for one of the logical values of the resolution components and the other typical brightness level for the other logical value.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
146 words
A picture signal decoding apparatus adapted to be supplied, for each block constituting a portion of a gray-scaled picture, with codes representing resolution components showing whether the brightness level of each picture element is above or below a threshold value for the block, with a code representing a typical brightness level for the picture elements having levels above the threshold value in the block, and with a code representing a typical brightness level for the picture elements having levels below the threshold value in the block; said decoding apparatus comprising means for deriving from said codes the resolution components and the two typical brightness levels corresponding to the block, and means for outputting, based on the resolution components, one of the two typical brightness levels for one of the logical values of the resolution components and the other typical brightness level for the other logical value.
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