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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:
Mar. 26, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ken Ishikawa, Matsudo, JP;
Shinichiro Miyaoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignees:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382239 ; 358433 ;
Abstract
An image data compression method is disclosed, in which a sheet of image is divided into a plurality of partial images of small area, and in reconstructing an image, the fidelity to the original image is changed in accordance with the utility of the information contained in each partial image, and the image data is compressed in accordance with the particular fidelity.