FIELD: digital processing of signals; transmission of aerospace video information to ground over narrow-band communication channels; transmission of video information within computer network, transmission of video information to police, medical, military, and other services over telephone and other communication lines, storage of imaged in digital form in data banks. SUBSTANCE: images presented in compressed form are coded and decoded within losing small items of compressed images and other significant information contained in them. Images are encoded by using adaptive sampling of vectors. Conveyer principle of input data processing combined with partial unparalleled of calculations provides for attaining time scale approaching TV sweep when encoding and decoding information. EFFECT: enlarged functional capabilities. 1 dwg
