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Tagging single-color images for improved compression

  • US 20040008205A1
  • Filed: 09/20/2002
  • Published: 01/15/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for reducing the size of a graphics image in a computer system, comprising:

  • recording a fill command executed to create a portion of the graphics image in a pixmap;

    using said fill command to update a data structure associated with said pixmap with information; and

    compressing one or more sub-images of the graphics image using a compression scheme, each of said sub-images having a location, said location and said compression scheme for each of said sub-images chosen based on said information in said data structure.

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