Compression method for a standardized image library
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1. A method of increasing the compression ratio for a library of facial images, the method comprising the steps of:
- standardizing spatial features and characteristics, including the steps of;
selecting image features in an order of importance, andpositioning eyes and facial orientation in each image in a standard locational configuration,identifying regions of increased informational significance of the images;
compressing each image; and
providing an increased data density in each compressed image responsive to the standardizing and identifying including the step of providing compressed data in a region of a face having a higher compression ratio than non-facial regions.
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Abstract
A technique involving the standardization of the subject matter of an image and the compression of the image using features of the standardization can provide for a high compression ratio. This technique can be used to improve the quality of a restored image for a predetermined amount of storage space.
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1. A method of increasing the compression ratio for a library of facial images, the method comprising the steps of:
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standardizing spatial features and characteristics, including the steps of; selecting image features in an order of importance, and positioning eyes and facial orientation in each image in a standard locational configuration, identifying regions of increased informational significance of the images; compressing each image; and providing an increased data density in each compressed image responsive to the standardizing and identifying including the step of providing compressed data in a region of a face having a higher compression ratio than non-facial regions.
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2. A method of increasing the compression ratio for a library of facial images, the method comprising the steps of:
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automatically standardizing spatial features and characteristics and identifying regions of increased informational significance of the images; and automatically compressing each image and providing an increased data density in each compressed image responsive to the standardizing and identifying; wherein said standardizing step includes the steps of; selecting image features in an order of importance; providing set of images from said library which enhances the selected features; determining image feature constraints for said selected features; automatically processing said image to meet said image feature constraints, wherein said image feature constraints comprising compression and image quality requirements; and positioning eyes and facial orientation in each image in a standard locational configuration; and wherein said providing step includes the step of; providing compressed data in a region of a face having a higher compression ratio than non-facial regions.
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3. A method for providing a higher compression ratio for each image in a library of images, said method comprising the steps of:
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automatically spatially standardizing the images forming said image library to provide spatial correlations between features of the standardized images; automatically compressing said standardized images using the spatial correlations between said standardized images; and automatically decompressing said compressed standardized image to provide a visual image; wherein said standardizing step includes the steps of; identifying image features in an order of importance; processing images to enhance said image features; identifying constraints of said image features; processing said image to meet the constraints; and automatically assigning image regions based on a presence of a desired image quality and a desired image compression;
.wherein said processing images step includes the steps of; processing said images using vector quantization; and providing a plurality of codebooks, each codebook comprising representative images corresponding to said vector quantization, wherein each image region has a selected codebook for processing each image region; and wherein said decompressing step further include the step of decompressing each image region using said selected codebook which used in said compressing step. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of automatically compressing images, comprising:
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standardizing the spatial location of features in the images; assigning an image quality level to regions comprising the spatial location of the features in the images; determining image-to-image correlations between the regions of the images and reflection transforming the images; allocating a storage capacity for each region of the images; constructing a codebook for each region of the images; partitioning each image into the regions; determining an entry in each codebook closest to a content of each region; and storing the entry as a compressed image.
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