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Patent No.:

US 7336386 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2001

Image processor including a data compression unit having a switch and image processing method thereof

Applicants:

Sugitaka Oteki, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshiyuki Namizuka, Kanagawa, JP;

Yuji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Hideto Miyazaki, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasuyuki Nomizu, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroyuki Kawamoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Rie Ishii, Tokyo, JP;

Takeharu Tone, Tokyo, JP;

Shinya Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;

Fumio Yoshizawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroaki Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Sugitaka Oteki, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshiyuki Namizuka, Kanagawa, JP;

Yuji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Hideto Miyazaki, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasuyuki Nomizu, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroyuki Kawamoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Rie Ishii, Tokyo, JP;

Takeharu Tone, Tokyo, JP;

Shinya Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;

Fumio Yoshizawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroaki Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Madeleine A V Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The image processor comprises a switch that divides image data into m×n pixels, having n lines with m pixels per one line; a group of line memories that store the divided image; a compression device which batch compresses the image data of m×n pixels. Further, a command control unit provides control so as to send the (n−1) lines of image data among m×n pixels of image data to the group of line memories, and the remaining one line of image data directly to the compression device, and to send the m×(n−1) pixels of image data stored in the line memories to the compression device.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Oteki, Sugitaka. (2008). Image processor including a data compression unit having a switch and image processing method thereof (U.S. Patent No. 7336386). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7336386

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