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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. 15, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian Astle, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382232 ; 382239 ;
Abstract
A computer-implemented method and apparatus for encoding image signals. According to a preferred embodiment, an image signal is received. A strength S of a variable low-pass filter having a variable strength is selected. The low-pass filter means is applied at strength S to the image signal. The filtered image signal is encoded to provide an encoded bitstream representative of the current image signal.