Title
Method for image coding by rate-distortion adaptive zerotree-basedresidual vector quantization and system for effecting same
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
U.S. Patent 6,944,350
Publication Date
9-13-2005
Abstract
Methods and systems for encoding, transmitting and decoding digital images by rate-distortion adaptive zerotree-based residual vector quantization are disclosed. A method of the invention includes receiving a digital image, transforming the digital image into the wavelet domain generating a pyramid hierarchy, losslessly encoding a top LL subband from the pyramid hierarchy, encoding other subbands by vector quantization based on a zerotree insignificance prediction, generating an encoded image from the lossless encoding and vector quantization encoding, transmitting the encoded image along a communications channel, receiving the encoded image transmitted along the communications channel, reconstructing a zerotree from the encoded image, vector quantization decoding subbands from the encoded image other than a top LL subband, losslessly decoding the top LL subband from the encoded image, reverse wavelet transforming the top LL subband and the vector quantization decoded subbands and outputting a decoded image.
Recommended Citation
S. E. Budge and Q. Gu, “Method for image coding by rate-distortion adaptive zerotreebased residual vector quantization and system for effecting same,” U.S. Patent 6,944,350, Sep. 13, 2005.
