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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:
Oct. 17, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry Wickstrom, Beaverton, OR (US);
Michael Keith, Beaverton, OR (US);
Adnan Alattar, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348420 ; 348405 ; 348421 ;
Abstract
A cell of an image is segmented into two or more subcells. According to one embodiment, the nullity of each of the subcells is classified and the cell is encoded in accordance with the nullity of the subcells. According to another embodiment, the quantization level of each of the subcells is classified and the cell is encoded in accordance with the quantization levels of the subcells.