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Image compression method

  • US 7,031,514 B1
  • Filed: 07/05/2000
  • Issued: 04/18/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An image compression method comprising:

  • producing a 2D-vectored data pattern according to the positions and luminance levels of respective pixels in respective horizontal rows of digital image data;

    quantizing the data according to the change in the luminance levels with reference to the line elements connecting the starting points and the end points of said respective rows;

    data from respective vertical rows of said horizontally vectored and quantized image data;

    producing 2D-vectored according to the positions and luminance levels of the respective pixels according to the degrees of change in the luminance levels with reference to the line elements connecting the starting points and the end points of the respective vertical rows,converting the image data into compressed image data in matrix form based on the significance levels of the luminance information of the respective pixels.

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