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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1995

Filed:

Oct. 23, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:

Arturo A Rodriguez, Belmont, CA (US);

Mark A Pietras, Boynton Beach, FL (US);

Andres J Saenz, Belmont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348400 ; 348384 ; 348390 ; 348405 ;
Abstract

Systems and methods that enable digital video compression techniques to manage and control artifact presence in each compressed frame of the video clip. Wherein specific embodiments are applicable to interframe and intraframe video compression methods and can be used in the compression of digital images and digital video clips. Other embodiments are employable in digital video compression and are applicable to interframe compression methods. A mechanism to increase the amount of video compression, while maintaining video quality that may otherwise be sacrificed with such increases in video compression, by threshold value management to accommodate the human eye's ability to more readily discern local image features or artifacts at central image locations or focused-upon areas, while tolerating, to a greater extent, artifacts dispersed elsewhere in the image.


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