System for processing video signals
First Claim
1. In combination,means for providing a video signal having a plurality of first sequences of values, each value of a first sequence derived from the intensity of a respective element of a picture, said picture having a plurality of elements mappable into rows and columns thereof, said picture being segmented into a plurality of identical blocks of elements, each block having rows and columns of elements, each block of elements represented by a respective set of subsequences of said first sequence of values,means for transforming each of said first sequences into a respective second sequence of values, said transformation including transforming each set of subsequences of a first sequence corresponding to a block of picture elements into a respective set of spatial frequency components of a respective block thereof, each block of spatial frequency components including rows representing different values of vertical spatial frequency ranging from low to high values of spatial frequency, and columns representing different values of horizontal spatial frequency ranging from the low to high values of spatial frequency, each component being a unique combination of a row and a column spatial frequency, said block of components being segmented into several groups of components, each group including components of a different range of spatial frequency values, the group including the component with both spatial frequency values equal to zero being designated the first group and the group including the component with the largest sum of spatial frequency values being designated the last group, said groups of components including different numbers of components, the first group including the smallest number of components and at least one of the other groups having the largest number of components, each second sequence including a series of sets of components, each set of a second sequence including a predetermined number of spatial frequency components from each of said groups arranged in a predetermined order within and among said groups, correspondingly ordered spatial frequency components from said sets of a second sequence having the same spatial frequency values, sets of components of successive second sequences having successively different combinations of spatial frequency components in accordance with a predetermined schedule, a predetermined number of successive second sequences equal to the number of components in the largest of said groups constituting a supersequence, successive supersequences representing successive pluralities of successive pictures corresponding to a scene.
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Abstract
A video processing system in which each field of image data is divided into rows and columns of blocks of picture elements. The number of blocks utilized is large enough so that when each block is considered to be a picture element, the blocks provide a reasonable raster for the peripheral vision aspect of the human visual perception system. The blocks of picture elements are transformed into blocks of spatial frequency components. The zero and low spatial frequency components of the blocks of spatial frequency transforms are updated at a sufficiently rapid rate to satisfy the requirements of the peripheral vision aspect of the human perception system. The higher spatial frequency components of the blocks of spatial frequency are updated at a lower rate corresponding to the rate at which the human perception system can respond to such information.
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1. In combination,
means for providing a video signal having a plurality of first sequences of values, each value of a first sequence derived from the intensity of a respective element of a picture, said picture having a plurality of elements mappable into rows and columns thereof, said picture being segmented into a plurality of identical blocks of elements, each block having rows and columns of elements, each block of elements represented by a respective set of subsequences of said first sequence of values, means for transforming each of said first sequences into a respective second sequence of values, said transformation including transforming each set of subsequences of a first sequence corresponding to a block of picture elements into a respective set of spatial frequency components of a respective block thereof, each block of spatial frequency components including rows representing different values of vertical spatial frequency ranging from low to high values of spatial frequency, and columns representing different values of horizontal spatial frequency ranging from the low to high values of spatial frequency, each component being a unique combination of a row and a column spatial frequency, said block of components being segmented into several groups of components, each group including components of a different range of spatial frequency values, the group including the component with both spatial frequency values equal to zero being designated the first group and the group including the component with the largest sum of spatial frequency values being designated the last group, said groups of components including different numbers of components, the first group including the smallest number of components and at least one of the other groups having the largest number of components, each second sequence including a series of sets of components, each set of a second sequence including a predetermined number of spatial frequency components from each of said groups arranged in a predetermined order within and among said groups, correspondingly ordered spatial frequency components from said sets of a second sequence having the same spatial frequency values, sets of components of successive second sequences having successively different combinations of spatial frequency components in accordance with a predetermined schedule, a predetermined number of successive second sequences equal to the number of components in the largest of said groups constituting a supersequence, successive supersequences representing successive pluralities of successive pictures corresponding to a scene.
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