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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2005
Applicants:
Sun-young Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyun-sang Park, Cheonan-si, KR;
Inventors:
Sun-Young Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyun-Sang Park, Cheonan-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/66 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image compression method adapted to determine block mode for an input image and a related circuit are disclosed. First and second determinations of block mode are made in relation to first and second threshold comparisons. The second comparison is conditioned upon a prior determination of auto-exposure control for the input image.