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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
James D Allen, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Steven M Blonstein, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignees:
Ricoh Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G06K / ; G06K / ; G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382 56 ; 382 49 ; 358432 ; 36523004 ;
Abstract
A two-dimensional shift array for use in image compression VLSI techniques. The present invention utilizes a two-dimensional shift array which provides a significant savings in terms of required silicon area over a conventional implementation.