Geometrical image representation and compression

An article of manufacture having one or more computer readable media storing instructions therein which, when executed by a system, cause the system to perform a method comprising:

• transforming image data into a first plurality of coefficients using a wavelet transform;
• generating predictions for coefficients and creating prediction errors corresponding to the predictions using geometric flow,
• generating information specifying the geometric flow;
• and
• encoding the prediction errors to create a compressed bitstream.

A compressor comprising:

• a wavelet transform to transform image data into a first plurality of coefficients;
• a predictor to generate predictions for coefficients and create prediction errors corresponding to the predictions using geometric flow, wherein the prediction unit generates information specifying the geometric flow;
• and
• an encoder to encode prediction errors generated by the prediction unit to create a compressed bitstream.

A decompressor comprising:

• a decoder to decode compressed bits to produce decoded data;
• an inverse predictor to perform inverse prediction on the decoded data using information specifying geometric flow, the inverse predictor producing a first plurality of coefficients;
• and
• an inverse wavelet transform to apply an inverse transform to the first plurality of coefficient to create reconstructed image data.