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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1990
Hiroyuki Katata, Nara, JP;
Yoji Noguchi, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In an image data compression method to be employed in coding digital image data whose pixels are represented by n bits and which include 2.sup.n different types of runs, while a run length of a current run is counted, a value representing a run type of the current run is predicted. The prediction is repeated till a predicted value coincides with an actual value of the run type of the current run. When a predicted value does not coincide with the actual value of the run type of the current run, a run length for an imaginary run having the predicted value is regarded as zero and the run length 0 of the imaginary run is entropy coded. On the other hand, when a predicted value coincides with an actual value, the actual run length of the current run is entropy coded.