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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:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masami Kashiwazaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ; G06T 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ; G06T 9/00 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for outputting an image in which the image is divided into plural parts which are serially processed. Each part in turn is compressed in accordance with a first compression method, the same part is selectably recompressed by a second compression method in accordance with the compression results, the method by which the part was compressed is stored, the compressed part is expanded into a memory area that is common for all parts of the image in accordance with the stored compression method, and the expanded image is output.