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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. 13, 1998
Filed:
May. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koichiro Kawamura, Chiba-ken, JP;
Masahiro Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ; G06K / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348131 ; 348399 ; 382233 ; 386109 ;
Abstract
A still image recording apparatus for compressing and storing image information comprises a compression unit for compressing the same image information at a plurality of different compression ratios, and a memory for storing the image data compressed by the compression unit at the different compression ratios, collectively. It further comprises a selector for setting a combination of compression ratios to the compression unit. The selector selects the combination of compression ratios based on a degree of complexity of the input image information.