METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION USING GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT (GPU)
First Claim
1. A method of image compression in a digital data processor having a CPU that is coupled to an associated GPU comprising the steps of:
- A. transforming, with the GPU, image values from a color representation to a frequency-based representation,B. with the GPU, re-ordering coefficients comprising the frequency-based representation such that coefficients of like order from multiple sub-blocks of the frequency-based representation of the image are ordered together,C. transferring the re-ordered coefficients to the CPU, the CPU at least one of storing and transmitting said coefficients.
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Abstract
The invention provides, in some aspects, methods for image compression that utilize the central processing unit (CPU) of a digital data processor and its associated graphics processing unit (GPU), together, in order to compress an image. In related aspects of the invention, the GPU is adapted to render at least a portion of an image to an associated texture buffer (i.e., a texture buffer of the GPU) and to transform the resulting image values in that texture buffer to a frequency-based representation. The GPU can, further, order coefficients comprising that frequency-based representation and transfer at least a portion of those coefficients to the associated CPU. That CPU can, in turn, effect transfer of the downloaded coefficients to another digital data processor (or image processing apparatus). Still other aspects of the invention provide methods of image decompression that utilize the central processing unit (CPU) of a digital data processor and its associated graphics processing unit (GPU), together, in order to decompress an image. These methods parallel the compression methods discussed above, albeit in substantially reversed order. Other aspects of the invention provide digital data processing apparatus for image compression, decompression and/or remote image display operating in accord with the methods described above.
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42 Claims
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1. A method of image compression in a digital data processor having a CPU that is coupled to an associated GPU comprising the steps of:
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A. transforming, with the GPU, image values from a color representation to a frequency-based representation, B. with the GPU, re-ordering coefficients comprising the frequency-based representation such that coefficients of like order from multiple sub-blocks of the frequency-based representation of the image are ordered together, C. transferring the re-ordered coefficients to the CPU, the CPU at least one of storing and transmitting said coefficients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of image decompression in a digital data processor having a CPU that is coupled to an associated GPU comprising the steps of:
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A. receiving compressed image values in memory associated with the CPU, B. transferring the compressed image values to the GPU, the compressed image values comprising coefficients of like order from multiple sub-blocks of a frequency-based representation of an image that are ordered together, C. with the GPU, re-ordering the compressed image values such that coefficients of like sub-blocks of the frequency-based representation of the image are stored together. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. In a digital data processing system, the improvement for image compression comprising:
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A. a graphics processing unit (GPU) coupled to a central processing unit (CPU), B. the GPU transforming image values from a color representation to a frequency-based representation and re-ordering coefficients comprising that frequency-based representation such that coefficients of like order from multiple sub-blocks of the frequency-based representation are ordered together, C. the CPU receiving the re-ordered coefficients from the GPU and at least any of storing and transmitting the re-ordered coefficients. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. In a digital data processing system, the improvement for image decompression comprising:
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A. a graphics processing unit (GPU) coupled to a central processing unit (CPU), B. the CPU receiving compressed image values in a memory associated with the CPU, C. the CPU transferring the compressed image values to the GPU, the compressed image values comprising coefficients of like order from multiple sub-blocks of a frequency-based representation of an image that are ordered together, D. the GPU re-ordering the compressed image values such that coefficients of like sub-blocks of the frequency-based representation of the image are stored together. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A digital data processing system for remote visualization comprising:
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A. a digital data processor having a graphics processing unit (GPU) associated with a central processing unit (CPU) B. the GPU transforming image values from a color representation to a frequency-based representation and ordering coefficients comprising that frequency-based representation such that coefficients of like order from multiple sub-blocks of the frequency-based representation are ordered together, C. the CPU receiving the ordered coefficients from the GPU and transmitting image values values comprising said coefficients to a remote digital data processor. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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