Patent Document ID: 8204924
Application ID: 11189147
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for wavelet transformations having a plurality of wavelet transform levels corresponding to scale factors, the method comprising an act of causing a specifically encoded processor to perform encoded operations of: performing a first wavelet transform using a first wordlength for a first wavelet transform level, resulting in a first wavelet coefficient; and performing a second wavelet transform on the first wavelet coefficient using a second wordlength for a second wavelet transform level, resulting in a second wavelet coefficient, wherein the first wordlength is different from the second wordlength such that each wavelet transform level uses a different wordlength; and selecting the first wordlength for the first wavelet transform level and the second wordlength for the second wavelet transform level such that selecting different wordlengths for different wavelet transform levels reduces computational complexity.