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Compression of information from one detector as a function of information from another detector

  • US 6,393,056 B1
  • Filed: 06/22/1999
  • Issued: 05/21/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for compressing image information, comprising the steps of:

  • generating first image information regarding a selected scene using a first image detector;

    generating second image information regarding the selected scene using a second image detector, the second image information being different from the first image information;

    generating compressed information including the steps of;

    processing the first image information using an image threshold in order to produce a sequence of threshold images, while dynamically adjusting the image threshold as a function of the second image information; and

    using the threshold images to generate the compressed information.

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