Patent ID: 6459433
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method for video texture compression, the method comprising:a) accessing an uncompressed video texture map, wherein the uncompressed video texture map includes a plurality of texels and wherein the plurality of texels is representative of an image; b) generating a codebook for the uncompressed video texture map, wherein the codebook includes a plurality of codes, wherein each of the plurality of codes is representative of a corresponding set of the plurality of texels; c) generating a corresponding plurality of index identifiers for the plurality of codes that identify each texel in the corresponding set of the plurality of texels, wherein each of the plurality of index identifiers has associated therewith a set of texel identifiers; and d) storing the plurality of index identifiers in an order corresponding to the uncompressed video texture map to produce a compressed texel map.