COMPUTER SOFTWARE TO ENHANCE THE AUDIO-VISUAL CAPABILITIES OF MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS, NAMELY FOR DATA COMPRESSION, TRANSMISSION, AND DISPLAY OF WIRED AND WIRELESS VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS; COMPUTER CHIPS; ENCODED ELECTRONIC CHIP CARDS CONTAINING PROGRAMMING USED FOR IMAGE COMPRESSION AND PROCESSING IN DIGITAL CAMERAS AND CAMCORDERS; EMBEDDED MICRO CONTROLLER UNIT (MCU); EMBEDDED DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR (DSP)