Image compression method and apparatus, and intelligent terminal and computer-readable storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12482139-B2
Application number	US-202118035328-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2021
Priority date	Nov 6, 2020
Publication date	Nov 25, 2025
Grant date	Nov 25, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed are an image compression method and apparatus, and an intelligent terminal and a computer-readable storage medium. The method comprises: obtaining a target image, and determining reference pixel points corresponding to target pixel points; determining pixel difference values of the target pixel points and the reference pixel points corresponding to same; determining, according to the pixel difference values, point compression data corresponding to the target pixel points; and compressing the target pixel points according to the point compression data to obtain image compression data of the target image.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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 se

Assignees

• Shenzhen Tcl Digital Tech Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Jie
• Xia Daxue

Classifications

• G06V10/751

  Comparing pixel values or logical combinations thereof, or feature values having positional relevance, e.g. template matching · CPC title

• H04N11/046

  DPCM · CPC title

• H04N19/46

  Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process (H04N19/517, H04N19/68, H04N19/70 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04N19/11

  among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes · CPC title

• H04N19/593

  involving spatial prediction techniques · CPC title