Lossless JPEG Encoder - Up to 16-bit per Component Numerically Lossless Image & Video Compression

Overview

The LJPEG-E core from Alma Technologies implements the Lossless JPEG compression in a very compact, high-performance and stand-alone package. It supports up to 16-bit per component Numerically Lossless encoding and is ideal for image and video compression applications where bit-by-bit accurate reproduction of an image is essential, while the amount of compression needed is very low.

The LJPEG-E conforms to the spatial (sequential) lossless encoding mode (SOF3) of the ISO/IEC 10918-1 standard (CCITT T.81 recommendation). Rather than the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) functions used for lossy JPEG compression - which introduce round-off errors - Lossless JPEG employs a predictor function and compresses images by encoding the prediction error with no information loss.

The core is designed with simple, fully flow-controllable and FIFO-like, streaming input and output interfaces. Being carefully designed, rigorously verified and silicon-proven, the LJPEG-E is a compact, reliable and easy-to-use and integrate IP.

Key Features

ISO/IEC 10918-1 (Annex H) Compliant Lossless JPEG Encoder

Up to 64K x 64K image resolution
1, 2 or 3 (4:4:4 only) image components
2-16 bit per image component
Up to 4 programmable Huffman Tables
Programmable Restart Interval
Programmable Point Transform function
Complete, standalone Lossless JPEG stream output

Limitations with Respect to the ISO/IEC 10918-1 Standard

Up to 3 image components are supported (Nf field of the SOF3 marker segment = 1 or 2 or 3)
Single-scan encoding (Only one SOS marker segment, with Ns field = Nf)
No DNL marker insertion (Y field of the SOF3 marker segment > 0)
Fixed parameters

No sub-sampling (Hi and Vi fields of the SOF3 marker segment = 1)
Prediction function is fixed to the left-hand predictor (Ss field of SOS marker segment = 1)

Ease of Integration

Single clock cycle per sample encoding throughput
Simple, microcontroller like, programming interface
High-speed, flow controllable, streaming I/O data interfaces

Simple and FIFO like
Avalon-ST compliant (ready latency 0)
AXI4-Stream compliant

CPU-less, standalone operation

Trouble-Free Technology Map and Implementation

Fully portable, self-contained RTL source code
Strictly positive edge triggered design
D-type only Flip-Flops
Fully synchronous operation
No special timing constraints required

No false paths
No multi-cycle paths

Block Diagram

Deliverables

Clear text VHDL or Verilog RTL source for ASIC designs, or pre-synthesized & verified Netlist for Altera, Lattice, Microsemi and Xilinx FPGA and SoC devices
Release Notes, Design Specification and Integration Manual documents
Bit Accurate Model (BAM) and test vector generation binaries, including sample scripts
Self checking testbench environment, including sample BAM generated test cases
Simulation and sample Synthesis (for ASICs) or Place & Route (for FPGAs) scripts

Technical Specifications

Maturity

Silicon Proven

Availability

NOW

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