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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. 18, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philippe Bordes, Pont-Pean, FR;
Pierre Ruellou, Domloup, FR;
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing S.A., Boulogne, Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/66 ; G06K 9/36 ; H04N 7/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/66 ; G06K 9/36 ; H04N 7/12 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method comprising a step which consists in a quantizing step relative to a pixel or group of pixels in accordance with a desired rate. The invention is characterized in that it comprises an additional step which consists in modifying the quantizing step on the basis of an information of a subjective nature concerning said pixel or group of pixels. The invention is applicable to compression of video images.