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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2012
Applicants:
Ko Hung Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Yen Chuo, Taipei, TW;
Yin Chun Lan, Wurih Township, Taichung County, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for processing an image are provided. A buffer is provided and separated into a series of storage units. Each storage unit has a fixed size. The image is divided into pixel groups, and each pixel group corresponds to one storage unit. Each pixel group is compressed by one of candidate compression methods to obtain compressed data so that the compressed data of each pixel group fits the corresponding storage unit.