Conference Paper

S. C. Ahalt and J. E. Fowler, "Real-time Video Compression Using Entropy-biased ANN Codebooks," in Applications of Artificial Neural Networks V, S. K. Rogers and D. W. Ruck, Eds., Orlando, FL, April 1994, Proc. SPIE 2243, pp. 254-265.

• Abstract:
  We describe hardware that has been built to compress video in real time using full-search vector quantization (VQ). This architecture implements a differential-vector-quantization (DVQ) algorithm which features entropy-biased codebooks designed using an artificial neural network (ANN). A special-purpose digital associative memory, the VAMPIRE chip, performs the VQ processing. We describe the DVQ algorithm, its adaptations for sampled NTSC composite-color video, and details of its hardware implementation. We conclude by presenting results drawn from real-time operation of the DVQ hardware.

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