Six-bit DPCM video signal processing and implementation using systolic arrays

A novel approach to increase the speed and reduce the hardware requirement of 2-D systolic convolvers for real-time video signal/image processing is proposed. This is achieved by coding video signals/images more efficiently using six-bit 1-D DPCM coding. It is shown that using six-bit differential pulse-code modulation processing results in a 57% improvement in speed and a significant saving in the cost of 2-D systolic convolvers. The effect of quantisation errors on DPCM image convolution is also presented.