Apparatus and method for encoding wavelet trees generated by a wavelet-based coding method using band dependent tables
AssigneesSarnoff Corporation, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsIraj Sodagar, Hung-Ju Lee
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Abstract
An apparatus and a concomitant method is disclosed for encoding wavelet trees in a wavelet-based coding technique, which the use of band dependent tables to address specific bands of the wavelet tree addresses.
Claims17
Method for encoding an input image using a wavelet transform to produce a wavelet tree having a plurality of nodes organized in a parent-child relationship, where said nodes are organized into a plurality of resolution levels with each of said resolution level having one or more bands, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) generating a wavelet tree for the input image, said wavelet tree having a plurality of coefficients, where each of said plurality of coefficients corresponds to a node of said wavelet tree;
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- (b) coding said plurality of coefficients of said wavelet tree using one or more band dependent tables to code one or more of said plurality of bands, where one of said band dependent tables is used for coding all AC bands within each of said resolution levels.
Apparatus for encoding an input image using a wavelet transform to produce a wavelet tree having a plurality of nodes organized in a parent-child relationship, where said nodes are organized into a plurality of resolution levels with each of said resolution level having one or more bands, said apparatus comprising:
- a wavelet tree generator for generating a wavelet tree for the input image, said wavelet tree having a plurality of coefficients, where each of said plurality of coefficients corresponds to a node of said wavelet tree;
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- a coder for coding said plurality of coefficients of said wavelet tree using one or more band dependent tables to code one or more of said plurality of bands, where one of said band dependent tables is used for coding all AC bands within each of said resolution levels.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps comprising of:
- (a) generating a wavelet tree for the input image, said wavelet tree having a plurality of coefficients, where each of said plurality of coefficients corresponds to a node of said wavelet tree;
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- (b) coding said plurality of coefficients of said wavelet tree using one or more band dependent tables to code one or more of said plurality of bands, where one of said band dependent tables is used for coding all AC bands within each of said resolution levels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.