Method and apparatus for data analysis
First Claim
1. A method for converting samples of an input signal to an encoded signal composed of a plurality of component signals each representing a characteristic of the input signal in a different domain, said input signal being comprised of data samples organized into records of multiple samples, with each sample occupying a unique position within its record, characterized in that each component signal is formed as the combination of a plurality of factors, each factor being the product of a score signal and a load signal, the score signal defining the variation of data samples from record to record and the load signal defining the relative variation of a subgroup of samples in different positions of a record.
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Abstract
A modelling technique for compact representation of related images is disclosed. The images are described as collections of spatial segments, each of which is modelled with a multivariate bi-linear model in the intensity and similarity also in the address domain. As applied to digitized video sequences, each bi-linear model consists of a set of spatial change patterns relative to a reference and a set of corresponding temporal scores that indicate how much of each change pattern is present in each image. Both the structure of the encoding and decoding algorithms and also the data structure of the compact representation are disclosed. This multi-domain modelling allows efficient data representation by removal of redundancies in the spatial, temporal and other domains. Examples of uses of the modelling technique include video compression, interactive video and games, and search in and analysis of compressed image data bases The system generalizes to a method and apparatus for multi-domain multivariate representation of large amounts of inter-related data.
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- 1. A method for converting samples of an input signal to an encoded signal composed of a plurality of component signals each representing a characteristic of the input signal in a different domain, said input signal being comprised of data samples organized into records of multiple samples, with each sample occupying a unique position within its record, characterized in that each component signal is formed as the combination of a plurality of factors, each factor being the product of a score signal and a load signal, the score signal defining the variation of data samples from record to record and the load signal defining the relative variation of a subgroup of samples in different positions of a record.
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49. A method for decoding an encoded signal composed of a plurality of component signals in different domains and a reference signal to a reconstructed input signal comprised of data samples organized into records of multiple samples, with each sample occupying a unique position within its record, said encoded signal represented as a combination of a plurality of factors, each factor being the product of a score signal and a load signal, the score signal defining the variation of data samples from record to record and the load signal defining the relative variation of a subgroup of samples in different positions of a record, said method utilizing a reference pattern of samples, comprising the steps of:
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a. multiplying each load signal by its associated score signal to produce each factor; b. combining the factors produced in step a; c. modifying the set of reference signal values according to the combined factors produced in step b to produce the records of a reconstructed input signal. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 76, 81, 84)
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- 56. An apparatus for converting an input signal to an encoded signal, said input signal being comprised of data samples organized into records of multiple samples, with each sample occupying a unique position within its record, characterized in that the encoded signal is composed of a plurality of component signals each representing a characteristic of the input signal in a different domain, each component signal is composed of a plurality of factors, each factor being the product of a score signal and a load signal, the score signal defining the variation of data samples from record to record and the load signal defining the relative variation of a subgroup of samples in different positions of a record.
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70. An apparatus for decoding an encoded signal composed of a plurality of component signals in different domains to a reconstructed input signal comprised of data samples organized into records of multiple samples, with each sample occupying a unique position within its record, said encoded signal represented as a combination of a reference signal and a plurality of factors, each factor being the product of a score signal and a load signal, the score signal defining the variation of data samples from record to record and the load signal defining the relative variation of a subgroup of samples in different positions of a record, said apparatus utilizing a reference pattern of samples, comprising:
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a. means for multiplying each load signal by its associated score signal to produce each factor; b. means for combining the factors produced in step a; c. means for modifying the set of reference signal values according to the combined factors produced in step b to produce the records of a reproduced input signal. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 78, 83)
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