发明名称 |
METHOD OF AND DEVICE FOR CODING A DIGITAL INFORMATION SIGNAL |
摘要 |
The invention relates to the coding of digital information signal blocks comprising representation symbols, such as sampled values, by means of an adaptive variable-length coding, such as Huffman coding. The JPEG Standard also utilizes adaptive Huffman coding but the coding in accordance with this standard is inefficient when a comparatively large number of Huffman coding tables are to be transmitted. According to the invention, in the case of a small number of representation symbols per information signal block, the probabilities of occurrence of each of the representation symbols are transmitted together with the variable-length-coded representation symbols, a similar (de)coding table being generated both in the encoder and in the decoder on the basis of said probabilities. In the case of a larger number of representation symbols per information signal block information about the number of code words of each length and/or the maximum code length in each series of variable-length-coded representation symbols is added to this series. By means of this information the decoder can unambiguously generate a coding table. The invention provides a substantial reduction of the number of bits required for specifying the Huffman code tables. |
申请公布号 |
EP0826275(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2003.12.10 |
申请号 |
EP19970904546 |
申请日期 |
1997.03.03 |
申请人 |
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. |
发明人 |
VAN DER VLEUTEN, RENATUS, JOSEPHUS;BRUEKERS, ALPHONS, ANTONIUS, MARIA, LAMBERTUS |
分类号 |
H04N7/30;H03M7/40;H03M7/42;H04N1/419 |
主分类号 |
H04N7/30 |
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