Adaptive vector quantization/quantizer

A system for sending an image from a sender to a receiver over a communications channel comprising:

• means for decomposing said image into sub-image data by multiresolution wavelet decomposition/transformation,
• a vector quantizer operating on said sub-image data,
• means for processing said vector quantized data with an adaptive fuzzy leader clustering algorithm,
• an indexed multi-resolution codebook stored at both the sender and the receiver,
• means for sending said processed and quantized sub-image data as an index file of said multi-resolution codebook,
• means for receiving said index file,
• means for retrieving said processed and quantized sub-image data from said multi-resolution codebook at the receiver, and
• means for reconstructing said image data by inverse wavelet decomposition/transformation, and
• means for presenting said reconstructed image.

A method for sending an image over a communications channel between and sender and a receiver comprising the steps of:

• decomposing said image into sub-image data by multiresolution wavelet decomposition/transformation,
• vector quantizing said sub-image data,
• vector quantization processing said vector quantized data with an adaptive fuzzy leader clustering algorithm,
• sending said processed and quantized sub-image data,
• receiving said processed and quantized sub-image data at the receiver, and
• reconstructing said image data by inverse wavelet decomposition/transformation, and
• presenting said reconstructed image.