IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEMS

摘要

PCT No. PCT/GB94/02683 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 29, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 29, 1996 PCT Filed Dec. 7, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/16325 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 15, 1995A method of processing digital video information in real time involves reading-in digital data representing pixels of successive video frames, e.g., from a digitizer. The pixel frame data is initially stored and subjected to an idealization treatment to compare successive portions of the frame data to identify noise effects in the video image and to eliminate such effects. The idealized frame data is then subjected to compression by deriving further data representing blocks of pixels (mini-blocks) and blocks of mini-blocks (super-blocks) and by generating codewords of variable length to describe the changes in the pixel data of successive frames. The compressed data is finally stored and/or transmitted.