Novel embedded compression algorithm for memory reduction in MPEG codecs

Mihaela van der Schaar-Mitrea; Peter H. N. de With

doi:10.1117/12.334738

28 December 1998 Novel embedded compression algorithm for memory reduction in MPEG codecs

Mihaela van der Schaar-Mitrea, Peter H. N. de With

Proceedings Volume 3653, Visual Communications and Image Processing '99; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.334738
Event: Electronic Imaging '99, 1999, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Advanced digital compression systems, like the MPEG-standard, are entering the consumer market. However, the consumer acceptation of these technologies relies considerably on the possibility of substantial reduction of the implementation costs. In this paper we study a low-cost and high-quality embedded compression system for reducing the memory requirements of an MPEG-2 decoder with a factor of 4 - 6. The proposed embedded codec is based on a low-cost transform coding scheme and employs a modified feedforward coding mechanism to ensure a fixed compression factor. A novel quantization technique is developed, which prevents the error accumulation resulting from multiple encodings of the same pixel data. The decrease in image quality, caused by the embedded compression, is minimal (i.e. less than 1 dB) for MPEG-2 coded sequences at 4 - 9 Mbit/s. The proposed algorithm can also be successfully applied for memory reduction of MPEG- 2 encoders and H.263 codecs.

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Mihaela van der Schaar-Mitrea and Peter H. N. de With "Novel embedded compression algorithm for memory reduction in MPEG codecs", Proc. SPIE 3653, Visual Communications and Image Processing '99, (28 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.334738

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