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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2003
Michael L. Gough, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
James J. Gough, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
Michael L. Gough, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
James J. Gough, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
G&H Nevada-Tek, Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for diagonal processing of video data includes separating diagonally arranged data from rectilinearly arranged data in a video stream, rotating the diagonally arranged data to a rectilinear position; and compressing the rotated diagonally arranged data by a rectilinear compression algorithm. Alternatively stated, the method includes recognizing diagonally arranged data in a video stream, processing the diagonally arranged data into rectilinear data, and compressing the rectilinear data by a rectilinear compression algorithm. An apparatus for diagonal processing of video data includes a demultiplexer receptive to a video stream and developing a plurality of separated color planes, at least one of which is a rectilinear color plane and at least one of which is a rotated color plane, a number of address generators associated with the plurality of color planes, wherein an address generator associated with the rotated color plane is operative to rotate the rotated color plane to a rectilinear position; and a data compressor receptive to the address generators and operative to compress the plurality of color planes with a rectilinear compression algorithm.