Granted Patent B2

US 12,482,139 · App. 18/035,328 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Inventors: Jie Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Daxue Xia (Shenzhen, CN)

Assignee: SHENZHEN TCL DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY LTD.

G06T9/00G06V10/751

Abstract

Claims (59)

1 . An image compression method, comprising:

obtaining a target image, and determining a reference pixel point corresponding to each target pixel point in the target image;

for each target pixel point, determining a pixel difference value between the target pixel point and the reference pixel point corresponding to the target pixel point;

determining point compression data corresponding to each target pixel point according to the pixel difference value corresponding to each target pixel point; and

compressing each target pixel point according to the point compression data corresponding to each target pixel point to obtain image compression data of the target image;

wherein the determining the reference pixel point corresponding to each target pixel point in the target image comprises:

selecting the target pixel point in the first column of each row from the target image as the reference pixel point of remaining target pixel points in that row; or

selecting the target pixel point in the first row of each column from the target image as the reference pixel point of remaining target pixel points in that column; or

selecting any target pixel point from the target image as the reference pixel point of remaining target pixel points.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the pixel difference value between the target pixel point and the reference pixel point corresponding to the target pixel point for each target pixel point comprises:

for each target pixel point, obtaining pixel values of the target pixel point and the reference pixel point corresponding to the target pixel point; and

subtracting the pixel value of the reference pixel point corresponding to the target pixel point from the target pixel point to obtain the pixel difference value corresponding to the target pixel point.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the determining the point compression data corresponding to each target pixel point according to the pixel difference value corresponding to each target pixel point comprises:

comparing the pixel difference value corresponding to each target pixel point with a preset compression threshold range;

if the pixel difference value of a certain target pixel point does not fall within the preset compression threshold range, compressing the certain target pixel point using a way with an original value involved to obtain first point compression data corresponding to the certain target pixel point; and

if the pixel difference value of a certain target pixel point falls within the preset compression threshold range, compressing the certain target pixel point using a way with a difference value involved to obtain second point compression data corresponding to the certain target pixel point.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

using a way with the original value involved to compress the reference pixel point corresponding to each target pixel point to obtain third point compression data corresponding to the reference pixel point, wherein compression is not performed on the target pixel point that serves as the reference pixel point.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the compressing each target pixel point according to the point compression data corresponding to each target pixel point to obtain the image compression data of the target image comprises:

obtaining the third point compression data of the reference pixel point corresponding to each target pixel point, and the first point compression data or the second point compression data corresponding to each target pixel point; and

based on the third point compression data, the second point compression data and the first point compression data, compressing each target pixel point and the reference pixel point corresponding to the target pixel point to obtain the image compression data of the target image.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein data length of the second point compression data is less than data length of the first point compression data.

7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein data length of the second point compression data is less than data length of the third point compression data.

8 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the highest bit of any of the point compression data is used as a compression flag bit for indicating whether compression is activated or not.

9 . An image compression apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a storage connected with the processor, the storage storing a program executable by the processor to execute a method, the method comprising:

obtaining a target image, and determining a reference pixel point corresponding to each target pixel point in the target image;

determining a pixel difference value between the target pixel point and the reference pixel point corresponding to the target pixel point for each target pixel point;

determining point compression data corresponding to each target pixel point according to the pixel difference value corresponding to each target pixel point; and

compressing each target pixel point according to the point compression data corresponding to each target pixel point to obtain image compression data of the target image;

wherein the determining the reference pixel point corresponding to each target pixel point in the target image comprises:

selecting the target pixel point in the first column of each row from the target image as the reference pixel point of remaining target pixel points in that row; or

selecting the target pixel point in the first row of each column from the target image as the reference pixel point of remaining target pixel points in that column; or

selecting any target pixel point from the target image as the reference pixel point of remaining target pixel points.

10 . The image compression apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the determining the pixel difference value between the target pixel point and the reference pixel point corresponding to the target pixel point for each target pixel point comprises:

for each target pixel point, obtaining pixel values of the target pixel point and the reference pixel point corresponding to the target pixel point; and

subtracting the pixel value of the reference pixel point corresponding to the target pixel point from the target pixel point to obtain the pixel difference value corresponding to the target pixel point.

11 . The image compression apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the determining the point compression data corresponding to each target pixel point according to the pixel difference value corresponding to each target pixel point comprises:

comparing the pixel difference value corresponding to each target pixel point with a preset compression threshold range;

if the pixel difference value of a certain target pixel point does not fall within the preset compression threshold range, compressing the certain target pixel point using a way with an original value involved to obtain first point compression data corresponding to the certain target pixel point; and

if the pixel difference value of a certain target pixel point falls within the preset compression threshold range, compressing the certain target pixel point using a way with a difference value involved to obtain second point compression data corresponding to the certain target pixel point.

12 . The image compression apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises:

using a way with the original value involved to compress the reference pixel point corresponding to each target pixel point to obtain third point compression data corresponding to the reference pixel point, wherein compression is not performed on the target pixel point that serves as the reference pixel point.

13 . The image compression apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the compressing each target pixel point according to the point compression data corresponding to each target pixel point to obtain the image compression data of the target image comprises:

obtaining the third point compression data of the reference pixel point corresponding to each target pixel point, and the first point compression data or the second point compression data corresponding to each target pixel point; and

based on the third point compression data, the second point compression data and the first point compression data, compressing each target pixel point and the reference pixel point corresponding to the target pixel point to obtain the image compression data of the target image.

14 . The image compression apparatus of claim 12 , wherein data length of the second point compression data is less than data length of the first point compression data.

15 . The image compression apparatus of claim 12 , wherein data length of the second point compression data is less than data length of the third point compression data.

16 . The image compression apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the highest bit of any of the point compression data is used as a compression flag bit for indicating whether compression is activated or not.

17 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing an image compression program, which is executed by a processor to perform the steps of:

obtaining a target image, and determining a reference pixel point corresponding to each target pixel point in the target image;

for each target pixel point, determining a pixel difference value between the target pixel point and the reference pixel point corresponding to the target pixel point;

determining point compression data corresponding to each target pixel point according to the pixel difference value corresponding to each target pixel point; and

compressing each target pixel point according to the point compression data corresponding to each target pixel point to obtain image compression data of the target image;

wherein the determining the reference pixel point corresponding to each target pixel point in the target image comprises:

selecting the target pixel point in the first column of each row from the target image as the reference pixel point of remaining target pixel points in that row; or

selecting the target pixel point in the first row of each column from the target image as the reference pixel point of remaining target pixel points in that column; or

selecting any target pixel point from the target image as the reference pixel point of remaining target pixel points.

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