METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECOMPRESSION, COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION SYSTEM, RECORED MEDIUM

摘要

On a compression side, from an inputted analog signal 101, points 102a to 102f where a differential absolute value is at a predetermined value or smaller are detected as sample points, and a pair of discrete amplitude data on the sample points and timing data indicative of a time interval between sample points is obtained as compressed data. On an expansion side, amplitude data and timing data that are included in the compressed data are used to obtain expansion data by determining interpolation data for interpolating two pieces of amplitude data, based on the two pieces of amplitude data on two successive sample points and timing data therebetween. Thus, when a signal on a time base is compressed and expanded, the operation can be performed on a time base without frequency conversion.