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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1996
Goldstar Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method of compressing and expanding a video signal. The apparatus includes a variable length coder controller and a quantizer. The coder controller compares a bit amount generated in the use of an optimum symbol with that in the use of an existing symbol upon detection of a scene change and outputs a new symbol upon the presence of a gain in accordance with the compared result. A frame delay delays input image data in a unit frame, a subtracter for subtracting an output signal of the frame delay from the input image data, and a scene change detector for detecting a scene change of the input image data. A motion detector detects a motion in the input image data, a main codebook for forming variable sub-codebooks for a still picture, a codebook controller for selecting a specified portion of the main codebook and variable sub-codebooks, and a vector formation unit for forming the input image data into a vector. A distortion measurement unit obtains a codeword with a minimum distortion using the variable sub-codebooks if the input image data is the still picture and using the main codebook if the input image data is a motion picture, and a code assignment unit for assigning a proper code to an output signal from the distortion measurement unit.