Method and apparatus for reducing video data
US6553153B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 3, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/59
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for reducing video data. The apparatus is composed of a plurality of reducers. A block is received, corresponding to a plurality of color space components and having a width defined by a plurality of pixels digitally represented by bytes. The video data is first reduced by performing power of two reduction. This is followed by fine scale reduction to achieve the final reduced image.
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