INDEX-BASED PIXEL BLOCK PROCESSING

摘要

A pixel block (300) is compressed by determining a reference set of multiple reference property values (10-14). A value index associated with a reference property value of the reference set is assigned to each pixel (310-316) in the pixel block (300) based on the original property value of the pixel (310-316). A prediction of the value index is provided based on the value index assigned to at least one neighboring pixel (314, 316) in the pixel block (300). A prediction error is calculated based on the value index assigned to a pixel (316) and its value index prediction. The compressed pixel block (400) comprises encoded representations (424) of the prediction errors and an encoded representation (410) of the reference set.