System and method for controlling image compression based on image emphasis
First Claim
10. A method automatically compressing images comprising:
- (a) ranking images within said clusters based upon image emphasis, wherein said ranking includes;
(1) computing one or more quantities related to one or more features in each image, said features including a content of said images;
(2) processing said quantities with a reasoning algorithm that is trained based on opinions of one or more human observers; and
(3) applying said quantities to said images to produce said ranking; and
(b) variably compressing said images depending upon said ranking such that first images having a first ranking are compressed more than second images having a second ranking higher than said first ranking.
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Abstract
A method to automatically vary the compression of images by ranking images within clusters based upon image emphasis. The ranking process computes one or more quantities related to one or more features in each image. The features can include the content of images. The invention processes the quantities with a reasoning algorithm that is trained based on opinions of one or more human observers. The invention applies the quantities to the images to produce the ranking and variably compresses the images depending upon the ranking. The images having a low ranking and are compressed more than images that have a high ranking.
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28 Claims
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10. A method automatically compressing images comprising:
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(a) ranking images within said clusters based upon image emphasis, wherein said ranking includes;
(1) computing one or more quantities related to one or more features in each image, said features including a content of said images;
(2) processing said quantities with a reasoning algorithm that is trained based on opinions of one or more human observers; and
(3) applying said quantities to said images to produce said ranking; and
(b) variably compressing said images depending upon said ranking such that first images having a first ranking are compressed more than second images having a second ranking higher than said first ranking. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method automatically compressing images comprising:
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(a) ranking images within said clusters based upon image emphasis, wherein said ranking includes;
(1) computing one or more quantities related to one or more objective features in each image, said objective features including a content of said images;
(2) processing said quantities with a reasoning algorithm that is trained based on opinions of one or more human observers; and
(3) applying said quantities to said images to produce said ranking; and
(b) variably compressing said images depending upon said ranking. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28)
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24-1. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein said objective objective features include a uniqueness of picture aspect format.
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