Claims
- 1. A scalable motion image compression system for a digital motion image signal wherein the digital motion image signal has an associated transmission rate, the system comprising:
a decomposition module for receiving the digital motion image signal at the transmission rate, decomposing the digital motion image signal into component parts and sending the components at the transmission rate; and a compression module for receiving each of the component parts from the decomposition module, compressing the component part, and sending the compressed component part to a memory location.
- 2. A scalable motion image compression system according to claim 1, wherein the decomposition module includes one or more decomposition units.
- 3. A scalable motion image compression system according to claim 1, wherein the digital motion image signal is compressed at the transmission rate.
- 4. A scalable motion image compression system according to claim 1 further comprising a programmable module for routing the decomposed digital motion image signal between the decomposition module and the compression module.
- 5. A scalable motion image compression system according to claim 4, wherein the programmable module is a field programmable gate array.
- 6. A scalable motion image compression system according to claim 5, wherein the field programmable gate array is reprogrammable.
- 7. A scalable motion image compression system according to claim 1, wherein the compression module includes one or more compression units.
- 8. A scalable motion image compression system according to claim 7, wherein the throughput of a compression unit multiplied by the number of compression units is greater than or equal to the transmission rate of the digital motion image signal.
- 9. A scalable motion image compression system according to claim 7, wherein each compression unit operates in parallel.
- 10. A scalable motion image compression system according to claim 1, wherein the decomposition module includes one or more decomposition units.
- 11. A scalable motion image compression system according to claim 1, wherein each decomposition unit operates in parallel.
- 12. A scalable motion image compression system according to claim 1, wherein the decomposition module performs color decorrelation.
- 13. A scalable motion image compression system according to claim 1, wherein the decomposition module performs color rotation.
- 14. A scalable motion image compression system according to claim 1, wherein the decomposition module performs temporal decomposition.
- 15. A scalable motion image compression system according to claim 1, wherein the decomposition module performs spatial decomposition.
- 16. A scalable motion image compression system according to claim 1, wherein the compression module uses subband coding.
- 17. A scalable motion image compression system according to claim 13, wherein the subband coding uses wavelets.
- 18. A scalable motion image compression system according to claim 1, wherein the spatial decomposition is spatial polyphase decomposition.
- 19. A scalable system for performing motion image compression of a digital motion image input signal having an associated transmission rate, the system comprising:
a plurality of compression blocks, each block having a decomposition module and a compression module a signal distributor coupled to the compression blocks for partitioning the digital motion image input signal into a plurality of segments providing a distinct component of the input signal to each of the compression units; the decomposition module decomposing a segment into component parts and sending the components; and a compression module for receiving a component from a corresponding decomposition module, compressing the component, and sending the compressed component part to a memory location.
Parent Case Info
[0001] The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/498,323, entitled “Scalable Resolution Motion Image Recording and Storage System” which was filed on Feb. 4, 2000 and which claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60/118,556 which was filed on Feb. 4, 1999. The present application further claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60/268,390 entitled “CODEC” which was filed on Feb. 13, 2001 having Atty. Docket No. 2418/122, from U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60/282,127 entitled “CODEC” which was filed on Feb. 6, 2001 having Atty. Docket No. 2418/124 and also from U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60/351,463 entitled “Digital Mastering Codec ASIC” which was filed on Jan. 25, 2002 having Atty. Docket No. 2418/130 all of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
Provisional Applications (4)
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60118556 |
Feb 1999 |
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60268390 |
Feb 2001 |
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60282127 |
Apr 2001 |
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60351463 |
Jan 2002 |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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09498323 |
Feb 2000 |
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10076215 |
Feb 2002 |
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