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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2007
Leon Bottou, Highlands, NJ (US);
Steven Pigeon, Blainville, CA;
Leon Bottou, Highlands, NJ (US);
Steven Pigeon, Blainville, CA;
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Wavelet coding of partially-masked image information may be made faster by either of two embodiments of the present invention. In a first embodiment, quick convergence is obtained by performing wavelet encoding in stages, each stage associated with a predetermined wavelet scale. By advancing the stages from finest scale to coarsest scale, coefficients of masked wavelets are identifies early in the coding process. In a second embodiment, quick convergence is obtained by introducing overshoot techniques when masked coefficients are identified, modified and image data is reconstructed therefrom.