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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:
Jul. 05, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382 56 ; 382 41 ; 358433 ;
Abstract
A bit allocation method which facilitate control of the number of bits to be assigned to transform coefficients and block of image data with a deviation from the functional form. An image coding system which can implement an optimal bit allocation that minimizes quantization error under a predetermined information content or amount, in carrying out bit allocations of block-adaptive type and transform coefficient-adaptive type.