Patents Represented by Law Firm Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein, Schlissel & Sazer
  • Image compression method
    Patent number: 5313534
    Abstract: A method for the compression of images comprises two steps. A first step of vector quantization compresses a source image into an image of indices that is coherent in relation to the source image. A second step again compresses this image of the indices according to a prediction method using a network of multilayer neurons. Application: compression of images for their storage and transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Thomson-CSF
    Inventor: Gilles Burel