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Image processing method and apparatus, and storage medium

US6792153B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 9, 2000
Grant dateSep 14, 2004
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Expiry dateOct 18, 2022

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

Abstract

Compressed image data is input, and it is checked according to the attributes of that image if the compression ratio of the compressed image is to be changed by a compression ratio determination unit. A compression ratio change unit changes the compression ratio of the compressed image to increase by deleting a high-frequency subband or lower bit plane of the compressed image data. Upon changing the compression ratio, codes of a non-region-of-interest of that image data are deleted, and if a desired compression ratio cannot be obtained by only such deletion, codes of a region of interest of that data are deleted to change the compression ratio.

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