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Image encoding for fax machines
Modified Huffman coding is used in fax machines to encode black-on-white images (bitmaps). It combines the variable-length codes of Huffman coding with the coding of repetitive data in run-length encoding. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Modified Huffman codingA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Data structures with JavaThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Modified JPEG huffman codingCited 27 times
- Go sideways: Run-length encodingA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Group 4 compressionA closely related topic
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Data structures with JavaHubbard, J. R. · 2004
Reduction in bandwidth and buffer size by using modified Huffman coding after dropping the less frequent source symbolsAhmet Corapcioglu · 1987
Analysis of the MPEG-1 layer III (MP3) algorithm using MATLABJayaraman Jayaraman Thiagarajan · 2012
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