Encoding circuit for transform coding of a picture signal and decoding circuit for encoding said signal

Encoding circuit for transforming a picture signal into blocks of, for example, 8*8 coefficients, in which each block of coefficients is read motion-adaptively. In the case of motion within a sub-picture, the block of coefficients is read in such an order that the obtained series of coefficients comprises, as it were, two interleaved sub-series. The first series starts with a dc component. In a first embodiment the second series starts with the most relevant motion coefficient. In a second embodiment two interlaced sub-fields are separately transformed and the second series also starts with a dc coefficient. As a result the coefficients are transmitted as much as possible in their order of significance. This particularly produces the largest possible clusters of zero value coefficients.; Such clusters are transmitted as one compact run-length code so that an effective bit rate reduction is achieved, also for moving pictures

Television system for digital transmission of picture signals

In a television transmission system a digital luminance signal Dy and two digital color difference signals DCHR(1) and DCHR(2) are applied to a distribution circuit 3 at the transmitter end, which digital color difference signals are applied thereto possibly after having been subjected to a vertical decimation operation with a decimation factor R. The distribution circuit 3 partitions all these signals into groups of Q sample per group. After receiving an even number of luminance groups and an even number of chrominance groups, a first half of this number of luminance groups and a first half of this number of chrominance groups is applied to a first auxiliary picture signal output 3(4) of the distribution circuit 3, while simultaneously the other half of the number of luminance groups and the other half of the number of chrominance groups is applied to a second auxiliary picture signal output (3(5) of the distribution circuit. A transformer for performing a forward two-dimensional Q*Q transform is connected to each of these auxiliary picture signal outputs

Television system for digital transmission of picture signals

In a television transmission system a digital luminance signal Dy and two digital colour difference signals DCHR(1) and DCHR(2) are applied to a distribution circuit 3 at the transmitter end, which digital colour difference signals are applied thereto possibly after having been subjected to a vertical decimation operation with a decimation factor R. The distribution circuit 3 partitions all these signals into groups of Q samples per group.; After receiving an even number of luminance groups and an even number of chrominance groups, a first half of this number of luminance groups and a first half of this number of chrominance groups is applied to a first auxiliary picture signal output 3(4) of the distribution circuit 3, while simultaneously the other half of the number of luminance groups and the other half of the number of chrominance groups is applied to a second auxiliary picture signal output 3(5) of the distribution circuit. A transformer for performing a forward two-dimensional Q*Q transform is connected to each of these auxiliary picture signal outputs

Television system in which digitised picture signals subjected to a transform coding are transmitted from an encoding station to a decoding station

In a television system a digital picture signal is subjected to a transform coding for the purpose of bit rate reduction. In order to detect motion effects between the two fields of a picture, these fields are also examined in a motion detector 8310. If no motion is detected, intraframe transform is employed and if motion is detected intrafield transform is employed. Small motion effects can be eliminated by subjecting the picture signal to a median filtering before subjecting it to an intraframe transform

Television system in which digitised picture signals subjected to a transform coding are transmitted from an encoding station to a decoding station

Television system in which digitalized picture signals subjected to a transform coding are transmitted from an encoding station to a decoding station. In a television system a digital picture signal is subjected to a transform coding for the purpose of bit rate reduction. In order to detect motion effects between the two fields of a picture, these fields are also examined in a motion detector 8310. If no motion is detected, intraframe transform is employed and if motion is detected intrafield transform is employed. Small motion effects can be eliminated by subjecting the picture signal to a median filtering before subjecting it to an intraframe transform