Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method, program, and device for compressing a block of image data based on whether the block is monochromatic
- Patent Title (中): 用于基于块是单色来压缩图像数据块的方法,程序和设备
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Application No.: US12914112Application Date: 2010-10-28
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Publication No.: US08718392B2Publication Date: 2014-05-06
- Inventor: Masatoshi Matsuhira
- Applicant: Masatoshi Matsuhira
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
- Agent John J. Penny, Jr.; Michael P. Visconti, III
- Priority: JP2009-247883 20091028
- Main IPC: G06K9/46
- IPC: G06K9/46

Abstract:
An image processing method is disclosed that includes dividing image data into a plurality of blocks, determining whether each block is color or monochrome, and compressing the block of image data based on the determination as to whether the block is color or monochrome.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110096985A1 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2011-04-28
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