Patent · US Expired

Document processing

US5768446A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Filing dateSep 29, 1994
Grant dateJun 16, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T9/007
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a system for processing and imaging documents to develop a stream of digital, video bit sets, each related to a different document is a passing array, this system including an arrangement for simultaneously compressing a number of said bit-sets for different document images and sending the results to output, this arrangement as comprising: PA1 a preprocessing stage for distributing each said bit set in a pair, of like parallel bit-compression paths, one, a Master path for half the bits in a set, the other a Slave path for the other half as controlled by The Master, with both input to a common buffer, each compression path being adapted to execute a first compression and then a conditional second compression when certain initial factors are indicated and to provide a real-time-compressed output to this buffer; and PA1 both said compressions being performed on a single, two pass stage of a Histogram/Compressor printed circuit board.

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