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Method, system and software product for color image encoding

a color image and software product technology, applied in static indicating devices, instruments, cathode-ray tube indicators, etc., can solve the problems of inconvenient and time-consuming small devices, inconvenient use of small devices, and explosive growth of color image data on the intern

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-03-29
MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LTD
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In recent years, the volume of color image data on the Internet has been explosively increasing.
On the other hand, access to color images through wireless channels or via low power, small devices is still time-consuming and inconvenient, which is mainly due to the limitations of image display device, storage, and transmission bandwidth has become a bottleneck for many multimedia applications—see, for example, J. Barrilleaux, R. Hinkle, and S. Wells, “Efficient vector quantization for color image encoding,”Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, IEEE International Conference on ICASSP 87, vol.

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[0019]Referring to FIG. 1, there is illustrated in a block diagram, a computer system 10 in accordance with an aspect of the invention. The computer system comprises a memory 12 for storing color image data, a monitor 14 for displaying digital color images, a CPU 16 for image processing and for providing compression of color data that jointly optimizes both quantization, distortion and compression weight while maintaining low computational complexity and compatibility with GIF / PNG decoders, and an encoder 20 such as a GIF encoder or PNG encoder for encoding the color image data prior to its transmission from the computer system 10 via transmission conduit 20.

[0020]The joint optimization problem of color image encoding can be defined as follows: Let Ω={(r,g,b)|0≦r,g,b≦255} be the RGB color space. Assume O={o0, o1, . . . , oN−1} is the color palette of an original color image which has N distinct colors. If the total number of pixels in the original image is n, we obtain an index sequ...

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The present invention relates to the compression of color image data. A combination of hard decision pixel mapping and soft decision pixel mapping is used to jointly address both quantization distortion and compression rate while maintaining low computational complexity and compatibility with standard decoders, such as, for example, the GIF / PNG decoder.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 10 / 831,656, filed on Apr. 23, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,525,552 entitled: METHOD, SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE PRODUCT FOR COLOR IMAGE ENCODING, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a method, system and software product for color image encoding.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]In recent years, the volume of color image data on the Internet has been explosively increasing. In particular, due to the increasing popularity of web sites, digital cameras, and online games, color image data have become a significant portion of the Internet traffic. On the other hand, access to color images through wireless channels or via low power, small devices is still time-consuming and inconvenient, which is mainly due to the limitations of image display device, storage, and transmission bandwidth has become a bottleneck for man...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G09G5/02
Inventor YANG, EN-HUIZENG, JIANFEN
Owner MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LTD
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