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US 5,278,646 AGranted
Efficient frequency scalable video decoding with coefficient selection
AssigneeAT&T Bell Laboratories
InventorsMehmet R. Civanlar, Atul Puri
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AssigneeAT&T Bell Laboratories
InventorsMehmet R. Civanlar, Atul Puri
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An improved technique for decoding wherein the number of coefficients to be included in each sub-block is selectable, and a code indicating the number of coefficients within each layer is inserted in the bitstream at the beginning of each encoded video sequence. This technique allows the original runs of zero coefficients in the highest resolution layer to remain intact by forming a sub-block for each scale from a selected number of coefficients along a continuous scan. These sub-blocks may be decoded in a standard fashion, with an inverse discrete cosine transform applied to square sub-blocks obtained by the appropriate zero padding of and/or discarding of excess coefficients from each of the scales. This technique further improves decoding efficiency by allowing an implicit end of block signal to separate blocks, making it unnecessary to decode an explicit end of block signal in most cases.
A method for decoding a digital video signal having at least two sets of coefficients, each of said sets containing a fixed number of coefficients and comprising a layer corresponding to a particular representation of an image at some fixed resolution, comprising the steps of:
Apparatus for decoding a digital video signal having at least two sets of coefficients, each of said sets containing a fixed number of coefficients comprising a layer corresponding to a particular representation of an image at some fixed resolution, wherein said decoding is performed so that if the number of coefficients within a given set of coefficients comprising a layer corresponding to a lower resolution representation of said image is in excess of a predetermined maximum number of coefficients which may be decoded for a signal at said lower resolution, the excess coefficients are not utilized in the process of decoding the portion of said digital video signal associated with said lower resolution representation of said image, comprising:
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