Television transmission system using transmission of basic picture weighting factors.

摘要

In a television transmission system for digital picture signals each picture is partitioned into sub-pictures of N1xN2 pixels for limiting the bit rate. Each sub-picture is subjected to a forward picture transform for generating basic picture weighting factors. To this end each sub-picture is multiplied by a reference picture which has different values for different pixels (for example, as described by a Gauss function). This multiplied sub-picture is subsequently multiplied by a number of kernel pictures so that the said basic picture weighting factors are obtained. Each kernel picture is equal to the product of the reference picture and a basic picture. Of the collection of basic pictures each basic picture is an orthogonal polynomial associated with the square value of the reference picture. For regaining the original sub-pictures each weighting factor is multiplied by the original kernel picture from which the weighting factor is obtained. Each weighting factor of a sub-picture thus supplies an auxiliary sub-picture. Summation of all auxiliary sub-pictures yields a replica of the original sub-picture.