Method and system for weighted encoding
First Claim
1. A method for weighted encoding of image data, comprising:
- applying, using a transforming device, a non-linear transformation function to said image data such that selected areas of said image data where increased precision is desired are encoded with an increased bit depth, wherein the step of applying the non-linear transformation function further comprising;
arranging pixel information into groups according to bit depths of the pixels of said image data;
determining respective gains for said groups, wherein said respective gains are dependent upon a respective number of pixels in said groups; and
determining said transformation function based upon said respective gains.
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Abstract
A method and system for weighted encoding of image data includes a transformation device configured to determine a non-linear transformation function for use in weighting an encoding of image data such that selected areas of the image data where increased detail is desired are encoded using a disproportionately greater number of bits of a total number of bits available for characterizing the image data. The system of the present invention can further include an encoding device configure to encode the weighted image data. In one embodiment of the present invention, the transformation device includes an analysis device configured to arrange pixel information into groups according to bit depths of the pixels of the image data, a post processing device configured to receive the organized pixel information and determine respective gains for the groups, and a transformation generation device configured to determine the transformation function based upon the respective gains.
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1. A method for weighted encoding of image data, comprising:
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applying, using a transforming device, a non-linear transformation function to said image data such that selected areas of said image data where increased precision is desired are encoded with an increased bit depth, wherein the step of applying the non-linear transformation function further comprising; arranging pixel information into groups according to bit depths of the pixels of said image data; determining respective gains for said groups, wherein said respective gains are dependent upon a respective number of pixels in said groups; and determining said transformation function based upon said respective gains. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for weighted encoding of image data, comprising:
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a transformation device configured to determine a non-linear transformation function to be applied to said image data such that selected areas of said image data where increased detail is desired can be encoded with an increased bit depth; and an encoding device configured to encode said image data; wherein said transformation device comprises; an analysis device configured to arrange pixel information into groups according to bit depths of the pixels of said image data; a post processing device configured to receive the organized pixel information and determine respective gains for said groups, wherein said respective gains are dependent upon a respective number of pixels in said groups; and a transformation generation device configured to determine said transformation function based upon said respective gains, said transformation function transforming said image data to a second signal of lower bit depth based upon the corresponding gains. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for weighted encoding of image data, comprising:
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applying a transformation function to said image data such that selected areas of said image data where increased precision is desired are encoded with an increased bit depth;
wherein said applying is performed using a transformation device, and said transformation function is applied to said image data using a lookup table;
wherein the applying step further comprising;arranging pixel information into groups according to bit depths of the pixels of said image data; determining respective gains for said groups, wherein said respective gains are dependent upon a respective number of pixels in said groups; and determining said transformation function based upon said respective gains. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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