System and method for the compression and quantitative measurement of movement from synchronous video

A method for processing movement data in synchronous video, the method comprising:

• obtaining a first frame of digital data;
• obtaining a second frame of digital data, where the second frame of digital data is representative of a time preceding the first frame of digital data;
• comparing the cumulative color difference between the first and second frames of digital data;
• mapping the cumulative color difference according to a pseudocolor scale, wherein the pseudocolor scale is configured to map cumulative color differences below a movement threshold in a grayscale and cumulative color differences above the movement threshold in at least one distinct color;
• and
• displaying a resulting frame of digital data.

A method for processing movement data in synchronous video, the method comprising:

• obtaining a first frame of digital data corresponding to a digital image;
• subdividing the first frame of the digital data into two or more pixel blocks;
• generating a color table for each pixel block in the first frame of the digital data, the color table corresponding to at least one color contained within each pixel block;
• mapping each pixel within the pixel block according to the color table;
• obtaining a preceding frame of digital data corresponding to the digital image;
• representing a cumulative color difference between each pixel block in the first frame of data and a pixel block in the preceding frame of the digital data in a pseudocolor, wherein the pseudocolor is configured to map cumulative color differences below a movement threshold in a grayscale and cumulative color differences above the movement threshold in at least one distinct color;
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• updating a frame data if the cumulative color difference between each pixel block is above a different threshold, wherein the frame data is operable to regenerate the first frame of the digital data.