Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding image data
AssigneeIQ Biometrix, Inc.
InventorPierre Cote
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for encoding images, more particularly to an encoding unit in conjunction with a library of pictorial entities and image qualifiers. The method and apparatus provide encoding an image by using a code factor table in conjunction with a set of element codes. The resulting image code allows the set pictorial elements of an image and their associated image qualifiers to be represented by a compact code uniquely representing a given configuration of pictorial elements. The use of the resulting image code facilitates the transmission and storage of images requiring only the code to be sent or stored. The invention further provides a computer readable medium comprising a program element that direct a computer to implement the encoding process.
Claims43
A method for creating a composite image, comprising:
- displaying facial feature images on a first area of a first screen, wherein the facial feature images are associated with facial feature element codes;
- selecting a facial feature image from the first area of the first screen and incorporating the facial feature image into a composite image on a second area of the first screen, wherein the composite image is associated with a composite image code having at least a facial feature element code;
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- reproducing the composite image on a second screen based on the composite facial image code.
A method for creating a composite image, comprising:
- displaying selectable classes of feature images on a first area of a first screen;
- selecting a class of facial feature images;
- displaying facial feature images associated with the selected class of facial feature images on the first area of the first screen, wherein the facial feature images are associated with facial feature element codes;
- selecting a facial feature image from the displayed facial feature images associated with the selected class of facial feature images and incorporating the facial feature image into a composite image on a second area of the first screen, wherein the composite image is associated with a composite image code having at least one facial feature element code;
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- reproducing the composite image on a second screen based on the composite image code.
A method for creating a composite image, comprising:
- displaying facial feature images on a first area of a first screen, wherein the facial feature images are associated with facial feature element codes;
- selecting a facial feature image from the first area of the first screen and incorporating the facial feature image into a composite image on a second area of the first screen, wherein the composite image is associated with a composite image code having at least a facial feature element code;
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- selecting and modifying a visual effect of the incorporated facial feature image.
A system for creating a composite image, comprising:
- a first screen;
- a second screen;
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- a processor configured to:
- display facial feature images on a first area of the first screen, wherein the facial feature images are associated with facial feature element codes;
- allow selection of a facial feature image from the first area of the first screen and incorporate the facial feature image into a composite image on a second area of the first screen, wherein the composite image is associated with a composite image code having at least a facial feature element code;
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- allow the composite image to be reproduced on the second screen based on the composite facial image code.
A computer program product stored in a computer readable media for creating a composite image, the computer program product comprising:
- first instructions for displaying facial feature images on a first area of a first screen;
- second instructions for associating the facial feature images with facial feature element codes;
- third instructions for incorporating a facial feature image into a composite image on a second area of the first screen based on a selection of the facial feature image from the first area of the first screen;
- fourth instructions for associating the composite image with a composite image code having at least a facial feature element code;
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- fifth instructions for modifying a visual effect of a selected facial feature image that has been incorporated into the composite image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.