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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2010
Applicants:
Alexander G. Macinnis, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Lei Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alexander G. MacInnis, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Lei Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 11/02 (2006.01); H04N 11/04 (2006.01); H04N 19/426 (2014.01); H04N 19/61 (2014.01); H04N 19/124 (2014.01); H04N 19/423 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/426 (2014.11); H04N 19/124 (2014.11); H04N 19/423 (2014.11); H04N 19/61 (2014.11);
Abstract
Presented herein is lossless and near-lossless image compression. In one embodiment, there is described a method for encoding data. The method comprises receiving said data; quantizing a predetermined amount of the data with a predetermined quantization step; determining how many bits represent the predetermined amount of the data quantized with the predetermined quantization step; and wherein if the amount of data exceeds a predetermined amount of bits, changing the quantization step.