In signal processing, a lapped transform is a type of lineardiscrete block transformation where the basis functions of the transformation overlap the block boundaries, yet the number of coefficients overall resulting from a series of overlapping block transforms remains the same as if a non-overlapping block transform had been used.[1][2][3][4]
Although the best-known application of lapped transforms has been for audio coding, they have also been used for video and image coding and various other applications. They are used in video coding for coding I-frames in VC-1 and for image coding in the JPEG XR format. More recently, a form of lapped transform has also been used in the development of the Daalavideo coding format.[5]
References
^Malvar, H. S. (1992). "Signal Processing with Lapped Transforms" (Document). Artech House.