Patent · US Expired

Method of compressing an image

US6738520B1 · kind B1 · utility

10Cited by
45References
22Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 19, 2000
Grant dateMay 18, 2004
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 14, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T9/001
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Several embodiments in accordance with the invention are disclosed. An embodiment for compressing a gray scale image is described and an embodiment for decompressing the codebook produced by compressing the gray scale image is described. Of course, the invention is not limited to only gray scale images, however.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.