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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| 8442337 | Encoding adjustments for animation content Techniques and tools are described for encoding animation video. In some embodiments, a video encoder designates animation video for encoding as animation content, which typically involves changing one or more encoder settings or rules to improve encoding performanc... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8442338 | Visually optimized quantization Visually optimized quantization is described herein. Specifically, the visually optimized quantization is for arbitrary block-based transforms such as Mode-Dependent Directional Transform (MDDT). The compression method involves the process of taking a discrete cosin... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8437565 | Encoding methods and apparatus including buffer rate control Methods and apparatus for performing image encoding and rate control as part of the image encoding process, e.g., a JPEG-2000 compliant image encoding process, are described. As part of the image encoding processes, rate control operations are performed based on rat... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8433151 | Image coding apparatus, image coding method and computer readable medium storing program An image coding apparatus includes: a transformation unit that transforms spatial domain image data having plural pixels, by a pixel block including plural pixels as a unit, into plural coefficient groups each including plural frequency domain coefficients; a groupi... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8428380 | Apparatus and method of embedded quantization for the improved SNR scalbility Provided are a method and apparatus for enhancing coding efficiency by performing encoding and decoding by optimally calculating quantization intervals and reconstruction values through a distribution of DCT coefficients of each frame, when DCT coefficients of each ... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8428381 | Image compression method with variable quantization parameter An image compression method s used for processing a plurality of pixels of an image. The image compression method includes the steps of receiving N successive pixels; obtaining N pixel differences and N map differences corresponding to the N pixels according to valu... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8422810 | Method of redundant picture coding using polyphase downsampling and the codec using the method Provided are a method for redundant slice coding by polyphase down-sampling (PD) and a codec using the method. An encoder for redundant slice coding by PD includes a PD coding unit rearranging a residual block that is a difference between a current block and a predi... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8401322 | Image recording device, image recording method and program There is provided an image recording device, including: a highly-gradating unit for highly-gradating an input image having a first gradation depth, thereby generating a high gradation image having a second gradation depth higher than the first gradation depth; an im... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8379997 | Image signal processing device An image signal processing device 1 comprises an encoding part 10, a delay part 20, a difference calculation part 30, a decoding part 40, a quantization error determination part 50 and a corrected image data output part 6... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8374451 | Image processing device and image processing method for reducing the circuit scale The present invention enables a circuit configuration to be simplified. An image encoding device (100) receives an input image (91) that is line-scanned in units of MBs as scan blocks, each constituted by a plurality of 4×4 blocks, while being scanned... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8369639 | Image processing apparatus, computer readable medium storing program, method and computer data signal for partitioning and converting an image An image processing apparatus includes a partitions setting unit that sets up image partitions into which an input image is separated; a tone number setting unit that sets the number of tones for each of the image partitions set up by the partitions setting unit, ba... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8363969 | Systems and methods for image coding and processing Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for processing and coding image data. In one embodiment, image data is coded using a first image coding process. If a bit rate constraint is satisfied, the image data is output. If the bit rate constra... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8340449 | Three-dimensional wavelet based video fingerprinting A method and system generates and compares fingerprints for videos in a video library. The video fingerprints provide a compact representation of the spatial and sequential characteristics of the video that can be used to quickly and efficiently identify video conte... | 12/25/2012 |
| 8331709 | Fixed buffer real-time image compression technique Performing real-time compression on an image for target buffer fullness includes dividing the image into N macro-blocks, performing a discrete cosine transformation (DCT) on each of the N macro-blocks, defining a Quantization Parameter Scalar (Q) for each of the N m... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8326068 | Method and apparatus for modeling quantization matrices for image/video encoding A method for encoding an image is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps, of (A) generating a quantization matrix as a function of at least four parameters, (B) optimizing the parameters to maximize a quality metric for encoding the image and (C) encodin... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8315471 | Image processor An image processor includes a frequency transform unit performing frequency transform independently on a luminance signal and plural chrominance signals and outputting an item of frequency data of the luminance signal and plural items of frequency data of the chromi... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8295626 | Method and system for adaptive quantization layer reduction in image processing applications A method and a system for adaptively (dynamically) reducing quantization layer reduction for removing quantization artifacts in quantized video signals is provided. Adaptively reducing quantization layer reduction involves detecting if a selected pixel in a quantize... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8270744 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method The present invention enables a reduction in circuit scale. In an image coding apparatus (100), as for DCT coefficients as simple coded data obtained by coding an input image (91) by simple processing, the input image (91) is coded by at ... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8270745 | Image processing device and image processing method The present invention can realize an image processing device and an image processing method that enable a simplified circuit configuration. An image encoding device (200) encodes an input image (91) in an ordinary process that is the same as main encod... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8254710 | Compression method, extension method and image processing apparatus In a compression method of quantizing and compressing image data of an image, the method comprises the steps of: determining a method of quantization for each pixel; quantizing the image data in pixel unit according to the determined quantization method; storing the... | 08/28/2012 |
| 8238680 | Image compression method with variable quantization parameters and variable coding parameters An image compression method is used for processing a plurality of pixels of an image. The image compression method includes the steps of receiving N pixels; analyzing the N pixels and generating a content type corresponding to the N pixels; obtaining a quantization ... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8200035 | Method and apparatus for correcting quantized coefficients in decoder Provided are a method and apparatus for correcting quantized coefficients. In the method, statistical values of coefficients and quantized coefficients are extracted from a received video data stream, coefficient correction values for each pixel position in blocks a... | 06/12/2012 |
| 8194991 | Out-of-order coding A block encoder is operable to encode a target region of an image. The encoder encodes blocks from a target region of an image. The encoded blocks are stored in a scan order of the image. The encoded blocks are reordered into a scan order for the target region, and ... | 06/05/2012 |
| 8189936 | Image processing apparatus and computer readable medium storing program to encode data blocks based on feature indices An image processing apparatus includes a criteria setter that sets selection criteria for selecting quantization intensities on the basis of feature indices of an inputted image; an intensity selector that selects, on the basis of the selection criteria set by the c... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8170359 | Encoding device and encoding method An encoding device 100 includes a quantization parameter generating circuit 111 that generates a provisional quantization parameter, a quantizing circuit 121 that generates quantized data by quantizing a signal to be quantized on the basis of th... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160377 | Image compression apparatus A symbol generation part serially inputs a data string of quantization data. If quantization data of non-zero coefficient is inputted, respective information on an absolute value, a zero run and a sign of the non-zero coefficient are stored in registers. When quanti... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150187 | Baseband signal quantizer estimation A method of deblocking an input signal is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) calculating a plurality of transform coefficients corresponding to each of a plurality of blocks in the input signal at baseband, (B) calculating a plurality of quant... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150186 | Amount-of-compressed data control method and image data compressing apparatus An amount-of-compressed-data control method applicable to image data compression processing for compressing an amount of data is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: performing quantization by: dividing one digital image into multiple blocks each having n×n... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139882 | Method for locally adjusting a quantization step and coding device implementing said method The invention relates to a method of locally adjusting a quantization step for each region of an image in a sequence of n images. The method comprises the following steps; calculating, for each image of the sequence, a first difference of bits saved on the potential... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139881 | Method for locally adjusting a quantization step and coding device implementing said method The invention relates to a method of locally adjusting a quantization step for each region of an image with respect to a setpoint quantization step. The method comprises the steps of: assigning, to said region of interest, a first ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8107755 | Information processing apparatus and method An information processing apparatus for encoding image data includes: a rearranging unit for rearranging coefficient data divided for each frequency band in order of executing synthesis processing for synthesizing the coefficient data of multiple sub-bands divided i... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8090209 | Image coding device, digital still camera, digital camcorder, imaging device, and image coding method Coding processing performed by an image coding device (100) includes: processing (S133) of performing coding by leaving surplus bit(s), when the digit number B of binary data of the difference value between (a) a value of a to-be-coded pixel and (b) a ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086057 | Dynamic quantizer structures for efficient compression A method and system are introduced that provide dynamic quantizer structures which are configurable during run time. A quantizer configuration and data are stored in a binary format. The dynamic quantizer data is represented as a bitstream, and the bitstream in turn... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7986849 | System and method for accurate parallel quantization with two multiplication operations A method, system and computer program product that involves receiving and initializing a digital image. Quantization is preformed on the digital image using at least two multiplication operations. Finally, a compressed version of the digital image is presented for v... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7848586 | System, medium, and method encoding and/or decoding image data A system, medium, and method encoding and/or decoding image data. The image data encoding may include a transformer transforming pixel values of an image in the time domain to pixel values in the frequency domain, a quantization coefficient determiner determining a ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7844124 | Method of estimating a quantization parameter A method of estimating a quantization parameter is provided. The method is applied to a de-blocking filter. The de-blocking filter de-blocks a decoded block-based image according to the quantization parameter, and the block-based image is coded and decoded in units ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7813575 | Enhancing compression while transcoding JPEG images Further compression of data allowing economical storage of data for extended periods of time in high-speed access memory is performed in reduced time by performing further compression during transcoding in the transform domain and without restoring image data to its... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7805014 | Image-encoding controlling apparatus for using a table reflecting statistical frequency of quantization parameter selection and method thereof An image-encoding method and apparatus is provided for using a table statistically reflecting a selection frequency of a quantization parameter. The method includes the steps of preparing a table representing a relationship among a target bit quantity, a quantizatio... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7801383 | Embedded scalar quantizers with arbitrary dead-zone ratios Embedded scalar quantizers for compression are described, along with tools for corresponding decompression. For example, a codec uses an embedded dead zone plus uniform threshold quantizer with repeated division of steps by specific factors. Non-dead-zone steps at a... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7751638 | Adaptive quantizer A quantizer can be used to adjust the number of bits representing each sample value in a signal. Then, each received sample is allocated to one of a number of bins, with each bin corresponding to one of the possible quantizer output values. The quantizer can be used... | 07/06/2010 |
