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Method and apparatus for encoding a facsimile message

US5420692A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 6, 1994
Grant dateMay 30, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 6, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/419
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A decoder for decoding a target image from a signal. The signal includes S facsimile encoded sub-image messages transmitted in a predetermined order. The decoder also stores a runlength code book. The decoder includes a facsimile decoder (910), a sub-image memory (920), a target image generator (940), and a target image memory (930). The facsimile decoder (910) is for generating S sub-images from the S facsimile encoded sub-image messages, using the runlength code book. Each of the S sub-images includes sub-image lines includes pixels. The sub-image memory (920) is for storing the S sub-images. The target image generator (940) is for re-assembling the target image from the S sub-images. The target image memory (930) is for storing the target image.

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