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Title: Accelerated signal encoding and reconstruction using pixon method

Patent ·
OSTI ID:874270

The method identifies a Pixon element, which is a fundamental and indivisible unit of information, and a Pixon basis, which is the set of possible functions from which the Pixon elements are selected. The actual Pixon elements selected from this basis during the reconstruction process represents the smallest number of such units required to fit the data and representing the minimum number of parameters necessary to specify the image. The Pixon kernels can have arbitrary properties (e.g., shape, size, and/or position) as needed to best fit the data.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-87ER40317
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Number(s):
6,353,688
Application Number:
09/333,172
OSTI ID:
874270
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 1999 Jun 14
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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