METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTIVE CODING OF IMAGES TREATED WITH THE ROBERTS METHOD

The method and system of this invention predictively encodes and decodes an image signal that has been treated with the Roberts Method. The method and system generates a noise signal that is substantially similar to the noise signal generated during the Roberts Method treatment, calculates a range of values for the original image signal based upon an image signal from a different pixel location, predicts the image signal based upon the range of values and the noise signal and calculates an error signal that is encoded. The decoding method and system operates in reverse of the encoding method and system.