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Adaptive-rate coded digital image transmission
Assignee: Zarbana Digital Fund LLC
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Filing: 1998-03-30
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Granted: 2000-11-28
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Expires: 2018-03-30
Abstract
Abstract An adaptive arrangement and method for the coded digital transmission of images includes an adaptive transmitter (101) having an image coder (109) which is operable at multiple image coding rates, a channel coder (111) which is operable at a plurality of channel coding rates, and is further operable to provide a plurality of power outputs, baud rates, and a plurality of image delivery rates. The transmitter (101) further includes a channel status monitor (115) which monitors the communication channel (105) connecting the transmitter (101) to a receiver (103). The channel status monitor (115) responds to changes in the quality of the communications channel by varying one or more of the image coding rate, the channel coding rate, the power, the baud rate, and the image delivery rate.
Inventors
- 👤 John Eric Kleider
- 👤 Glen Patrick Abousleman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-03 19:35
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/20; H04N21/23; H04N21/238; H04N21/2383; H04L; H04L1/00; H04L1/0001; H04L1/0009; H04L1/0014; H04L1/0023; H04L1/0025; H04N21/40; H04N21/43; H04N21/438; H04N21/4382; H04N21/60; H04N21/63; H04N21/637; H04N21/6377; H04N21/65; H04N21/658
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
178 words
Apparatus for the transmission of digital images, comprising: a source of image information in digital form; a transmitter coupled to said source for the transmission of digital image information; an image data sink for utilizing received digital image information; a receiver for receiving said digital image information and providing said received digital image information to said image data sink; a communications channel between said transmitter and said receiver for transmission of image data from said transmitter to said receiver; a feedback channel for providing quality information from said receiver to said transmitter, said information being indicative of quality of said received digital image information over said communication channel; whereby said transmitter is responsive to said quality information such that transmission parameters are varied at said transmitter to provide high quality image information at said receiver; and said feedback channel comprising: a channel status monitor; and a channel status estimator for instructing said channel status monitor to vary power level, baud rate, channel code rate, compression ratio and delivery rate of said transmitter for transmitting said digital image information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
178 words
Apparatus for the transmission of digital images, comprising: a source of image information in digital form; a transmitter coupled to said source for the transmission of digital image information; an image data sink for utilizing received digital image information; a receiver for receiving said digital image information and providing said received digital image information to said image data sink; a communications channel between said transmitter and said receiver for transmission of image data from said transmitter to said receiver; a feedback channel for providing quality information from said receiver to said transmitter, said information being indicative of quality of said received digital image information over said communication channel; whereby said transmitter is responsive to said quality information such that transmission parameters are varied at said transmitter to provide high quality image information at said receiver; and said feedback channel comprising: a channel status monitor; and a channel status estimator for instructing said channel status monitor to vary power level, baud rate, channel code rate, compression ratio and delivery rate of said transmitter for transmitting said digital image information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system, as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said transmitter comprises a channel status monitor for receiving and processing said quality information to generate at least one control signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system, as claimed in claim 2, wherein: said transmitter is operable to provide a plurality of power output levels and is responsive to said channel status monitor for selecting one of said power output levels.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
46 words
The system, as claimed in claim 2, wherein: said transmitter comprises an image encoder for performing image encoding on said image information, said image encoder being operable at multiple encoding rates and responsive to said channel status monitor for selecting one of said multiple encoding rates.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
47 words
The system, as claimed in claim 2, wherein: said transmitter comprises a channel coder for providing channel coding to said image information, said channel coder being operable at a plurality of coding rates and responsive to said channel status monitor for selecting one of said coding rates.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
The system, as claimed in claim 5, wherein: said channel coder is selectively operable in a plurality of coding strategies, said channel coder being responsive to said channel status monitor for selecting one of said coding strategies.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
The system, as claimed in claim 2, wherein: said transmitter is operable to transmit said digital image information at a plurality of image delivery rates, said transmitter being responsive to said channel status monitor for selecting one of said image delivery rates.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
120 words
The system, as claimed in claim 2, wherein: said transmitter is operable to provide a plurality of power output levels; said transmitter comprises an image coder for providing image coding to said image information, said image encoder being operable at multiple image coding rates; said transmitter comprises a channel coder for providing channel coding to said image information, said channel coder being operable at a plurality of channel coding rates; and said transmitter is responsive to said channel status monitor for selectively changing at least one of: a present power output level, a present baud rate, a present image coding rate, and a present channel coding rate when said quality information indicates a change in quality of said communications channel.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
The system, as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said receiver comprises an image decoder for removing image coding from said communications signal, wherein said image decoder provides at least a portion of said quality information.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
The system, as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said receiver comprises a channel decoder for removing channel coding from said communications signal, wherein said channel decoder provides at least a portion of said quality information.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
34 words
The system, as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said quality information is derived from one or more of the following: a signal to noise parameter, a bit error rate, and a symbol error rate.
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