Method for reducing the size of an image
AssigneeKodak Limited
InventorKenneth C. Knowlton
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for operating a computer system to reduce the size of an image, which comprises the following steps. First, data representing an image, a size of the image, and a desired size of a corresponding compressed image is received by the system. If processing of the image is finished, then data representing the compressed image is emitted, otherwise the image is partitioned into at least one strip to omit and a plurality of subimages, each represented by data representing the subimage, a size of the subimage, and a desired size for a corresponding compressed subimage. Then the above steps are repeated for each subimage.
Claims35
In a computer system, a method for reducing the size of an image, comprising the steps of:
- receiving data representing an image, a size of the image, and a desired size of a corresponding compressed image;
- determining if processing of the image is finished;
- if the processing of the image is finished, emitting data representing the compressed image;
- otherwise dividing the image into a plurality of subimages, each including data representing the subimage, a size of the subimage, and a desired size for a corresponding compressed subimage;
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- repeating the receiving, determining, and one of the emitting and dividing steps, for each subimage.
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