Patent · US Expired

Image recording apparatus and image data selection method

US7315651B2 · kind B2 · utility

27Cited by
17References
48Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJul 22, 2003
Grant dateJan 1, 2008
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 19, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/33357
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image recording apparatus includes means for recording image data in a recording medium; means for obtaining information for determining a data amount reduction remaining force of image data recorded in the recording medium; means for selecting image data determined to have a large data amount reduction remaining force based on the information obtained by the means for obtaining information, with a priority; and means for performing a data amount reduction process against the image data selected by the means for selecting.

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