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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2004
Takayuki Nishimura, Tottori, JP;
Yasuyuki Nomizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Nekka Matsuura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanori Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Kodama, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Miyazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Shinkai, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Nishimura, Tottori, JP;
Yasuyuki Nomizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Nekka Matsuura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanori Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Kodama, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Miyazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Shinkai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a method for reversibly transforming a data format, a forward transformation and a backward transformation are reciprocally conducted for data between unit systems having different resolution levels, and the forward transformation and the backward transformation, a first unit system having a lower resolution level is used as a common unit system, and a reversible data conversion is conducted by an integer operation for data in the first unit system having the lower resolution level and data in a second unit system having a higher resolution level higher than the first unit system.