Image discriminator
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1. A system for discriminating among image characteristics in order to select among at least two compression techniques, the system comprising:
- a first compressor for compressing a source image using a first compression method to obtain a first compressed image;
coupled to the first compressor, a first storage device for storing the first compressed image;
a second compressor for compressing the source image using a second compression method to obtain a second compressed image;
coupled to the second compressor, a second storage device for storing the second compressed image;
an image discriminator for characterizing the source image according to predefined criteria, and to generate and output a recommendation between the first and second compression methods; and
coupled to the image discriminator, the first storage device, and the second storage device an input device for accepting a user input signal to select between the first and second compression methods.
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Abstract
A system and method for discriminating among image characteristics in order to select among a plurality of compression techniques. Multiple compression schemes are applied to a source image (101) concurrently and the results are stored. Image discrimination is performed in parallel with the image compression to generate a recommendation regarding the stored compressed images.
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1. A system for discriminating among image characteristics in order to select among at least two compression techniques, the system comprising:
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a first compressor for compressing a source image using a first compression method to obtain a first compressed image; coupled to the first compressor, a first storage device for storing the first compressed image; a second compressor for compressing the source image using a second compression method to obtain a second compressed image; coupled to the second compressor, a second storage device for storing the second compressed image; an image discriminator for characterizing the source image according to predefined criteria, and to generate and output a recommendation between the first and second compression methods; and coupled to the image discriminator, the first storage device, and the second storage device an input device for accepting a user input signal to select between the first and second compression methods. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 24, 25, 26)
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12. A method of discriminating among image characteristics in order to select among at least two compression techniques, comprising:
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a) compressing a source image using a first compression method to obtain a first compressed image; b) storing the first compressed image; c) compressing the source image using a second compression method to obtain a second compressed image; d) storing the second compressed image; e) characterizing the source image according to predefined criteria, and generating and outputting a recommendation between the first and second compression methods; and f) accepting a user input to select between the first and second compression methods. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27)
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