Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for integrating at least a portion of a watermark into at least a portion of a compressed image. The method of this embodiment includes encoding at least a portion of the watermark and compressing at least a portion of the image. The encoded watermark, or portion thereof, and the compressed image, or portion thereof, are combined. Of course, many other embodiments in accordance with the invention are included within the scope of the present invention.

Abstract: A sensor for color and depth information capture is disclosed. A filter passes selected wavelengths according to a predetermined pattern to the sensor. The sensor measures light intensities passed by the filter. In one embodiment, the wavelengths passed by the filter correspond to red, green, blue and infrared light. The intensity values can be used for interpolation operations to provide intensity values for areas not captured by the sensor. For example, in an area corresponding to a pixel for which an intensity of red light is captured, interpolation operations using neighboring intensity values can be used to provide an estimation of blue, green and infrared intensities. Red, green and blue intensity values, whether captured or interpolated, are used to provide visible color image information. Infrared intensity values, whether captured or interpolated, are used to provide depth and/or surface texture information.

Abstract: A sensor for color and depth information capture is disclosed. A filter passes selected wavelengths according to a predetermined pattern to the sensor. The sensor measures light intensities passed by the filter. In one embodiment, the wavelengths passed by the filter correspond to red, green, blue and infrared light. The intensity values can be used for interpolation operations to provide intensity values for areas not captured by the sensor. For example, in an area corresponding to a pixel for which an intensity of red light is captured, interpolation operations using neighboring intensity values can be used to provide an estimation of blue, green and infrared intensities. Red, green and blue intensity values, whether captured or interpolated, are used to provide visible color image information. Infrared intensity values, whether captured or interpolated, are used to provide depth and/or surface texture information.

Abstract: A symmetric discrete-time square-root-raised-cosine filter may be utilized to process a serial input signal and to produce an output square in each clock cycle. The filter may be adapted to decrease the computational complexity of the resulting calculations, making the filter amenable to use in power sensitive applications and in those situations where the available processor's performance is relatively limited.

Abstract: A sensor for color and depth information capture is disclosed. A filter passes selected wavelengths according to a predetermined pattern to the sensor. The sensor measures light intensities passed by the filter. In one embodiment, the wavelengths passed by the filter correspond to red, green, blue and infrared light. The intensity values can be used for interpolation operations to provide intensity values for areas not captured by the sensor. For example, in an area corresponding to a pixel for which an intensity of red light is captured, interpolation operations using neighboring intensity values can be used to provide an estimation of blue, green and infrared intensities. Red, green and blue intensity values, whether captured or interpolated, are used to provide visible color image information. Infrared intensity values, whether captured or interpolated, are used to provide depth and/or surface texture information.

Abstract: Embodiments of a two-dimensional pyramid filter architecture are described.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are disclosed in which one dimensional image compression, such as for bi-level images, is implemented. An integrated circuit includes digital logic circuitry and digital memories. The digital logic circuitry and digital memories are coupled so as to implement one dimensional compression of a bit stream to be applied to the digital logic circuitry and digital memories without performing arithmetic operations. One of the digital read only memories stores, for a plurality of run lengths, a memory address for a make up code and a memory address for a termination code for the respective run lengths.

Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment on the invention, a method of compressing a data set includes the following. In multiple passes, each data signal in the data set is categorized into a category of a predetermined set, and, for selected categories of the predetermined set, the data signals for that category are coded using a codebook for that category.

Abstract: Embodiments of a pyramid filter are described.

Abstract: A method of encoding a watermark into a digital image. The method includes partitioning an original image into blocks and then determining a variance value of each block. The blocks are then arranged according to the variance values. A number of selected blocks are identified, where the number depends upon the size of the watermark. The blocks selected are then arranged by their location. Data from the watermark is used to replace bits in a representation of each of the selected blocks with data from the watermark. A method of decoding is also discussed.

Abstract: An imager with a four color mosaic pattern of red, green, blue, and infrared pass filters, where color component signals for a pixel are interpolated by averaging over nearest neighbor pixels.

Abstract: A system includes a central processing unit, a bus and circuit. The central processing unit is coupled to the bus and segments an image into at least one text region and at least one graphics region. At least one of the circuit modules is associated with the processing of the text region(s), and at least one of the circuit modules is associated with the processing of the graphics region(s).

Abstract: An architecture for a multiply and accumulate two-dimensional separable symmetric filter. The architecture includes a binary tree adder producing sums of samples of an incoming signal. A multiplier then multiplies sums from the binary tree adder with filter coefficients producing filtered products. An accumulation adder to sums the filtered products and produce a filtered output.

Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method of quantizing signal samples of an image during image compression includes the following. A process to transform the signal samples from a first domain to a second domain is applied. During the transform process, signal samples are filter, by first applying scaled filter coefficients to signal samples along the image in a first direction and then applying scaled filter coefficients to signal samples along the image in a second direction, so that at the completion of the transform process of the image, selected regions of the transformed signal samples are quantized by a common value. Many other embodiments in accordance with the invention are also described.

Abstract: Several embodiments in accordance with the invention are disclosed. An embodiment for compressing a gray scale image is described and an embodiment for decompressing the codebook produced by compressing the gray scale image is described. Of course, the invention is not limited to only gray scale images, however.

Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment on the invention, a method of compressing a data set includes the following. In multiple passes, each data signal in the data set is categorized into a category of a predetermined set, and, for selected categories of the predetermined set, the data signals for that category are coded using a codebook for that category. Briefly, in accordance with another embodiment of the invention, a method of decompressing a compressed data set includes the following. For compressed data signals in the data set in one category of a predetermined set of categories, a signal associated with the particular category is employed for the compressed data signal, and, for selected categories of the predetermined set, the compressed data signals for that category are decoded using a codebook for that category.

Abstract: A symmetric discrete-time square-root-raised-cosine filter may be utilized to process a serial input signal and to produce an output square in each clock cycle. The filter may be adapted to decrease the computational complexity of the resulting calculations, making the filter amenable to use in power sensitive applications and in those situations where the available processor's performance is relatively limited.

Abstract: Embodiments of a technique for computing a Euler vector for a color image are disclosed.

Abstract: An integrated circuit has a two-dimensional pyramid filter architecture of an order 2N−1, where N is a positive integer greater than five. The two dimensional pyramid filter, in operation, capable of producing, on respective clock cycles, pyramid filtered output signals corresponding to output signals produced by fourteen one-dimensional pyramid filters of order 2N−1, and pyramid filtered output signals corresponding to output signals produced either by four two-dimensional pyramid filters or one two-dimensional pyramid filter of order [2(N−1)−1] using signal sample matrices of order [2(N−1)−1]. The respective output signals in said two-dimensional pyramid filter architecture are summed on respective clock cycles of said two dimensional pyramid filter architecture.

Abstract: Several embodiments in accordance with the invention are disclosed. An embodiment for compressing a gray scale image is described and an embodiment for decompressing the codebook produced by compressing the gray scale image is described. Of course, the invention is not limited to only gray scale images, however.