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Image reduction method

US4712140A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 17, 1986
Grant dateDec 8, 1987
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Expiry dateMar 17, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/3935
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A binary image is reduced in size by a method including the steps of: storing the image in bit sequence; dividing the image into transposable blocks; transposing by look up table, for each block having any nonzero data, each group of 6 bits along a first axis to a group of 5 bits; transposing by look up table, for each block having any nonzero data, each group of 6 bits along a second axis to a group of 5 bits; storing said transposed blocks.

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