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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:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sam S Nishikubo, Gardena, CA (US);
Jon J Nagareda, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, El Segundo, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382305 ; 382232 ;
Abstract
A data compression system for use in thermal imaging systems. The data compression system includes a memory (74) for receiving an input video signal. Hardware loader (100) loads the video signal into the memory (74). A system processor (84) controls loading of the input video signal by the hardware loader (100) into the memory (74). A histogram chip (80) determines useful data contained in the video signal input into the memory (74). The processor (84) reads information from the histogram chip (80) and compresses the video signal as a function of information read from the histogram chip.