Some Computer Experiments in Picture Processing for Bandwidth Reduction

This paper describes some computer experiments in picture processing carried out by us during the winter of 1969 and the spring of 1970. Our goal was to explore a particular method for the efficient encoding of typical Picturephone® scenes into binary digits. The experiments involved still pictures only. We first describe the experiments and their results, then follow with some general comments on the encoding of pictures. These comments are intended to explain our motivation for the particular investigation undertaken.