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8th International Conference on VLSI Design
VLSI implementation of variable resolution image compression
New Delhi, India
January 04-January 07
ISBN: 0-8186-6905-5
H. Sahabi, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada
A. Basu, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada
M. Fiala, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada
Variable Resolution (VR) compression of images is a new compression technique which has been developed based on the characteristics of the human eye. VR compression reduces the bandwith requirements in telepresence and teleconferencing systems. In order to perform this type of compression in real-time, a special purpose hardware is required. We describe the design of a VR Encoding/Decoding subsystem, which as designed to be interfaced, to SBus (Sun SPARC machines system Bus). The main component of this hardware unit is a VR Coder/Decoder (CODEC) VLSI chip which supports real time VR compression and decompression of up to 1024/spl times/1024 pixels at video rates. Some experimental results regarding VR compression and the quality of output images in a prototype teleconferencing system are provided.
Index Terms:
image coding; data compression; image resolution; teleconferencing; video codecs; codecs; video signal processing; digital signal processing chips; VLSI; real-time systems; variable resolution image compression; VLSI implementation; bandwith requirements; telepresence system; teleconferencing systems; encoding/decoding subsystem; SBus interface; VLSI codec chip; real time compression; real time decompression; video rates; output image quality; 1024 pixel; 1048576 pixel
Citation:
H. Sahabi, A. Basu, M. Fiala, "VLSI implementation of variable resolution image compression," vlsid, pp.214, 8th International Conference on VLSI Design, 1995
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