Apparatus and method for compressing/decompressing images in a mobile communication terminal

An image decompression method, comprising the steps of:

• a) determining whether data read from compressed graphic data is greater than a prescribed threshold;
• b) storing the read data in decompressed graphic data, if the read data is greater than the threshold;
• c) setting the read data to the number of times the data is repeated, if the read data is less than the threshold;
• and
• d) repeating for a next data the number of times the data is repeated, and storing the repeated next data in the decompressed graphic data.

An apparatus for image compression for a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

• means for setting initial data of a graphic image to comparison data;
• means for determining whether the same data as the comparison data is repeated after the comparison data;
• means for determining whether the comparison data is greater than a predetermined threshold, if the same data as the comparison data is not repeated after the comparison data;
• and
• means for storing the comparison data without storing the number of times the comparison data is repeated, if the comparison data is greater than the predetermined threshold.

An apparatus for image decompression for a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

• means for determining whether data read from compressed graphic data is greater than a prescribed threshold;
• means for storing the read data in decompressed graphic data, if the read data is greater than the threshold;
• means for setting the read data to the number of times the data is repeated, if the read data is less than the threshold;
• and
• means for repeating for a next data the number of times the data is repeated, and store the repeated next data in the decompressed graphic data.

A computer-readable medium of instructions for controlling the operation of image compression for a mobile communication terminal, said computer-readable medium of instructions comprising:

• a first set of instructions, adapted to control the mobile communication terminal to set initial data of a graphic image to comparison data;
• a second set of instructions, adapted to control the mobile communication terminal to determine whether the same data as the comparison data is repeated after the comparison data;
• a third set of instructions, adapted to control the mobile communication terminal to determine whether the comparison data is greater than a predetermined threshold, if the same data as the comparison data is not repeated after the comparison data;
• and
• a fourth set of instructions, adapted to control the mobile communication terminal to store the comparison data without storing the number of times the comparison data is repeated, if the comparison data is greater than the predetermined threshold.

A computer-readable medium of instructions for controlling the operation of image decompression for a mobile communication terminal, said computer-readable medium of instructions comprising:

• a first set of instructions, adapted to control the mobile communication terminal to determine whether data read from compressed graphic data is greater than a prescribed threshold;
• a second set of instructions, adapted to control the mobile communication terminal to store the read data in decompressed graphic data, if the read data is greater than the threshold;
• a third set of instructions, adapted to control the mobile communication terminal to set the read data to the number of times the data is repeated, if the read data is less than the threshold;
• and
• a fourth set of instructions, adapted to control the mobile communication terminal to repeat for a next data the number of times the data is repeated, and store the repeated next data in the decompressed graphic data.