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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:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bao T. Lerner, Bowie, MD (US);
John F. Pierce, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Robert W. Buccigrossi, Palmyra, PA (US);
Assignee:
KT-Tech, Inc., Bowie, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ; G06K 9/46 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ; G06K 9/46 ;
Abstract
An aspect of the present invention includes a method of encoding coefficients of a subband decomposition, to prepare the coefficients for compression. Another aspect of the present invention includes an inverse method of decoding coefficients of a subband decomposition, after they have been decompressed. Particular features and other aspects of the present invention are indicated in the specification, including the drawings and claims.