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5991453 Method of coding/decoding image information  
A method of coding/decoding image information is derived to perform a boundary block merge of the macro blocks of the image information and copy the DCT coefficients of a block that is converted to...
5987183 Image activity data compression and decompression method and apparatus  
Image data compression apparatus for generating groups of encoded image data representing respective sub-areas of an image, in which the degree of data compression applied to each sub-area is...
5987179 Method and apparatus for encoding high-fidelity still images in MPEG bitstreams  
A frame in an uncompressed digital video signal is selected for encoding as a high-fidelity still image. The digital video signal is MPEG encoded to produce an MPEG encoded bitstream and additional...
5987182 Markov model image encoding device and method  
A plurality of reference pixel extracting means check their corresponding reference pixel ranges and pixel values in predetermined auxiliary regions. Reference pixel range selecting means selects a...
5987181 Coding and decoding apparatus which transmits and receives tool information for constructing decoding scheme  
A coding and decoding apparatus is constructed so that the coding side transmits coded data together with identifying information for identifying the device of decoding the coded data, and the...
5982508 Image processing method and apparatus  
In processing an image represented by binary data and an image represented by multivalue data, multivalue picture information is converted into a binary pattern corresponding to a value of the...
5982937 Apparatus and method for hybrid compression of raster data  
From a raster page, patches of connected pixels of the same color are identified. Patches of at least a predetermined sized, typically corresponding to text or line art objects, are subjected to a...
5978517 Digital image progressive transmission  
In order to progressively transmit a digital image (IM), a method for coding the image comprises the division (E1) of the image into vectors (V m ,n), the selection (E2) of a code vector (VC d )...
5978514 Image data coding and decoding system for efficiently compressing information using the shape and position of the image content  
An image data coding system comprises a screen-area determining means for determining the area of a screen reproduced on the basis of an input image data; a code-amount assigning control means for...
5974185 Methods and apparatus for encoding video data using motion vectors for decoding by regular or downconverting decoders  
Plurality of encoding methods and apparatus for encoding video data in a manner that makes it well suited for decoding by either regular or downconverting decoders are described. In one embodiment,...
5970173 Image compression and affine transformation for image motion compensation  
A transformation method provides a multi-dimensional affine transformation for representing motion between corresponding image components of successive video image frames. The multi-dimensional...
5969766 Method and apparatus for contour motion estimating a binary image by using a weighted block match algorithm  
A motion estimating method, for use in a motion estimation between a current and a previous frames of a binary video image, wherein the current frame is divided into a plurality of equal sized...
5970176 Image communication apparatus  
An image communication system which communicates image data on a single line includes a selector, a generator and a communication unit. The selector selects one of a first communication mode and a...
5969764 Adaptive video coding method  
A method adaptively encodes a sequence of frames including video objects to provide a compressed video signal. The encoding is via a buffer having a ariable input rate and a constant output rate....
5966468 Image processing apparatus and method therefor  
In an image processing system, a color or monochrome image region in an image is discriminated, and communication charges are displayed, as required when regions of the image are encoded by...
5963673 Method and apparatus for adaptively selecting a coding mode for video encoding  
A method and apparatus for adaptively selecting a coding mode for video encoding systems using the techniques of predictive coding, interpolative coding, motion compensation, discrete cosine...
5963674 Image data encoding apparatus  
An image data encoding apparatus encodes image data at a high speed while minimizing the deterioration of the image quality on a reproduced screen. The apparatus includes an encoding circuit, a...
5960116 Image processing apparatus and method for performing prediction data encoding  
A prediction error is effectively encoded in case of prediction encoding data by an information processor. A predictor predicts an objective pixel value, and a prediction error generation unit...
5960117 Method of adaptive arithmetic encoding/decoding according to JBIG standard  
To reduce computational time of adaptive arithmetic encoding/decoding according to JBIG standard, a step (S21) of reading the learning table and a step (S22) of reading the prediction probability...
5956430 Image information coding apparatus and method using code amount of a selected pixel block for changing coding parameter  
An image information coding apparatus includes a block generator for dividing image information into pixel blocks, each of which consists of a predetermined number of pixels. A block selector...
5956153 Coding method and apparatus  
Image coding method and apparatus for improving image quality by controlling amount of encoded image data in variable-length coding. The image encoding apparatus comprising: input unit for...
5956426 Multi-coding apparatus  
It is intended to determine widths of quantization of respective encoders to prevent deterioration in quality of picture in its entire aspect. A multi-coding apparatus comprises a plurality of...
5953460 Image encoding method and an image encoder wherein a one-dimensional signal having the fastest energy conversion rate is selected and outputted as a coded signal  
An image signal is transformed by at least two different mathematical transformations to obtain at least two different transformed signals. A selected one of the transformed signals is quantized...
5953456 Recording apparatus for repetitively recording image data of same frame and reproducing apparatus  
Image data of one frame stored in a memory is repetitively read a plurality of times as a still image. The read image data is encoded and recorded. In this case, the image data of one frame is...
5940585 Data merge unit  
A print data processing pipeline for use in a color electrophotographic printer optimizes print quality and minimizes memory usage by separately processing lossy and lossless print data. Lossy...
5937099 Color image transmission with separate processing of binary and multi-level data  
A color image transmitting method for transmitting a color image composed of a color image portion and a binary image portion is disclosed. Data about the color image portion and data about the...
5937098 Adaptive quantization of orthogonal transform coefficients for setting a target amount of compression  
An image signal compressing device having a spatial frequency data amount setting unit and a quantization table generation unit. A set data amount is set in the spatial frequency data amount...
5937100 Two-pass image processing method and apparatus using virtual estimation for compressed file size  
An image processing method and an image processing apparatus in which a DCT section transforms image data to a frequency conversion coefficient using a discrete cosine transform coefficient, a...
5933249 Image processing apparatus and method  
One object of the present invention is to cut out areas of different natures from an image hierarchically. For encoding, an area identifier identifies areas of an input image. A multivalued area is...
5930403 Method and apparatus for half pixel SAD generation utilizing a FIFO based systolic processor  
A novel apparatus for and method of calculating the SAD values for half pixels is disclosed. The invention interpolates, in a serial fashion, half pixel values from full pixels contained in a...
5930398 Method and apparatus for determining a quantizing factor for multi-generation data compression/decompression processes  
The invention provides techniques for changing the quantization used in multiple generations of selected complexity of data quantization such that the errors incurred in subsequent generations are...
5930397 Apparatus and method for processing image signal  
An image signal processor and an image signal processing method arranged to limit a deterioration in image quality at the time of compression and expansion at a low coding rate. Data of an input...
5926569 Bitrate damper for selecting quantization levels for image encoding  
For each image, an initial set of quantization (Q) levels is selected based on the pixel data. The pixel data are transformed to blocks of transform coefficients. The initial set of Q levels is...
5926574 Image encoding system  
In an image encoding system, an input image signal is blocked, the resultant blocks are transformed into two or more kinds of transformed coefficients, the transformed coefficients are quantized...
5926573 MPEG bit-stream format converter for changing resolution  
An apparatus or transforming the resolution of an image from a first image resolution to a second image resolution using operations in the spatial frequency domain. The apparatus converts the...
5923785 System and method for compressing data  
A method codes a hierarchical subband system of coefficients of a wavelet transform that is representative of an image. One step of this method includes receiving the coefficients of a wavelet...
5917952 Compression of randomly dithered bi-level images  
A bi-level dithered image is compressed using knowledge of the particular dither matrix used to generate the dithered image from an original high resolution grey-scale image. A lower resolution...
5917953 Geometry implicit sampler for polynomial surfaces over freeform two-dimensional domains  
In two-dimensional model based image coding, an image is partitioned into domains, and the pixels of each domain are modeled with a polynomial intensity function. An image coded in this fashion is...
5911010 Image communication apparatus and image processing apparatus  
There is disclosed a facsimile apparatus, which selects one of a binary hierarchical coding method called, e.g., a JBIG method and an irreversible coding method called, e.g, a JPEG method in units...
5911006 Method and apparatus for controlling a quantity of codes representative of image data  
A method and an apparatus for controlling the quantity of codes representative of image data are disclosed. Image data representative of a single scene are thinned and then subjected to orthogonal...
5909511 High-efficiency coding method, high-efficiency coding apparatus, recording and reproducing apparatus, and information transmission system  
A high-efficiency coding apparatus is provided which can increase accuracy in motion compensation and also increase processing speed without increasing the circuit scale as compared with the case...
5909505 Color image encoding method and apparatus  
This invention relates to an image processing apparatus having a function of encoding or decoding image data and discloses a technique for extracting an image feature, especially a thin image...
5909510 Method and apparatus for document classification from degraded images  
A word shape token-based document classification system prepares a plurality of sets of training data degraded by image quality and selects the optimum training data set by examining scores from a...
5907637 Method and apparatus for compressing and decompressing data  
A method and an apparatus for compressing and decompressing data employ a splay coding instead of an arithmetic coding to achieve a high speed code entering process. The data compressing apparatus...
5907638 Data compression apparatus, method and system  
Conventionally, when compressing data, since data (words) are sequentially retrieved from the head of a dictionary, a large amount of time is required for compression processing. Particularly when...
5905814 One-dimensional time series data compression method, one-dimensional time series data decompression method  
A method of compressing one-dimensional time series data at uniform time intervals includes: a first process of inputting the one-dimensional time series data and an approximation accuracy thereof;...
5905813 Image coding apparatus for compressing image data  
A data processor in an image coding apparatus includes a zero detecting circuit for determining if the quantized AC coefficients are zero or not; a counter, that is reset periodically, for counting...
5903671 Data compression method and apparatus therefor  
In order to enhance the high efficiency for a reversible code, pixel data d i! is input one pixel by one pixel, and a differential value diff is calculated between a present pixel data d i! and a...
5903679 Method for decoding signal vector-quantized by blocks  
A method for producing a decoded signal approximate to an original signal upon decoding a quantized signal which is produced by vector-quantizing every block of an original signal or by...
5903675 System and method for compressing data using a dynamically changing compression window  
A system and method for efficient image compression begins by segmenting an input image into a current and previous window using a loading module. An encoding module compares the current and the...