Image processing system

Abstract

Abstract The system includes a plurality of image processing devices (10,12,14,16,18) having different resolutions and a central image file or data base (20). In a sending device, an original image to be sent is decomposed to a base image (CBI) and at least one error compensation data (ECD). The original image is first converted to a lower resolution image (LRI) by a pel conversion technique. The lower resolution image is then used to predict the original image. The predicted image is compared with the original image and a pred i tion error therebetween is coded to obtain a first error compensation data. The lower resolution image becomes a new original image and this process is repeated until a base image having the lowest resolution in the system is obtained. Such image information comprising the base image and the error compensation data is sent to the image data base. A receiving device receives image information having a resolution corresponding to that of the receiving device, reconstructs a base image, predicts a one step higher resolution image (HRI) therefrom, adds the last error compensation data to the higher resolution image, and repeats such prediction and addition until the original image is reconstructed.

Inventors

• 👤 Masaharu Itoh
• 👤 Hiroshi Yanagisawa
• 👤 Taketoshi Yokemura

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