Discriminating an image data characteristic and controlling storage of the data accordingly
US5903360A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 1, 1996 |
| Grant date | May 11, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 1, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/98
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image processing apparatus and method in which plural gradation-information storage units are provided, and at least one of those units is selected to store a given body of gradation information based on command information, such as resolution information. The different units store gradation information in different forms, e.g., compressed and uncompressed.
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