G3 FACSIMILE COMMUNICATIONS
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4. CODING SCHEMES
4.1
Why is Coding Necessary?
One of the features of a G3 facsimile is that image data is coded before it is
transmit and received. The reason for coding is to reduce the size of the
data to be actually transmitted to reduce the transmission time.
The following example shows by how much the transmission time can be
reduced through coding.
Here, let’s consider an example where an A4 document is transmitted at
standard resolution.
Fig. 5-5 Size of Information in One Page of an A4 Document
In this way, the size of information of a single A4-size page becomes
roughly 2,000,000 bits. Let’s try considering the time required to send
2,000,000 bits of information without coding.
When the document is transmitted using a 9600 bps MODEM, it takes
three minutes 26 seconds, and when it is transmitted using a 14400 bps
MODEM, it takes two minutes 17 seconds. Without coding, transmission
of a standard A4 document will take longer than one minute. Why, then,
can the transmission time be reduced with coding?
Normally, a document transmitted by a facsimile has lots of white areas.
Text that is written in these white areas take on meaningful information.
The white areas have no meaning. On a facsimile, white areas without text
is “unwanted space,” and black areas with text is “information.” If an area
is black, this does not necessarily mean that this is information; a com-
pletely black document, for example, has little “information” and can be
termed a document having many “unwanted areas.” The extent that these
ISO
Standard A4
document
V
e
rtical-scanning
direction
1728 bits
Information (number of pixels) in one page
of an A4 document
1728 x 1145 = 1,978,560 (bits)
Horizontal scanning
direction
1145 lines
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