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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Contrast, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Willie C. Kiser, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Michael D. Tocci, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Nora Tocci, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Contrast, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/62 (2014.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01); H04N 9/77 (2006.01); H04N 19/11 (2014.01); H04N 19/117 (2014.01); H04N 19/176 (2014.01); H04N 19/625 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/625 (2014.11); H04N 1/6008 (2013.01); H04N 9/77 (2013.01); H04N 19/117 (2014.11); H04N 19/176 (2014.11); H04N 19/62 (2014.11);
Abstract
The invention provides methods that improve image compression and/or quality within the JPEG process by using a low-pass filter to remove high frequency components from image data, which removes blocking artifacts. Preferred embodiments apply the low-pass filter to the Chroma components after decompression prior to conversion into RGB color space.