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Image discriminator

US6097845A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 21, 1997
Grant dateAug 1, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T9/00
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for discriminating among image characteristics in order to select among a plurality of compression techniques. Multiple compression schemes are applied to a source image (101) concurrently and the results are stored. Image discrimination is performed in parallel with the image compression to generate a recommendation regarding the stored compressed images.

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