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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:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2004
Applicants:
Taku Kodama, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiichi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Maki, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuko Yamashiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Taku Kodama, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiichi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Maki, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuko Yamashiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image compression apparatus includes a code size setting unit setting one or more code sizes, a compressing unit compressing an image that is divided into plural image quality levels in accordance with the code sizes, and a code generating unit generating code being dividable into each code size.