Patent ID: 6097845
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
A system for discriminating among image characteristics in order to select among at least two compression techniques, the system comprising:a first compressor for compressing a source image using a first compression method to obtain a first compressed image;coupled to the first compressor, a first storage device for storing the first compressed image;a second compressor for compressing the source image using a second compression method to obtain a second compressed image;coupled to the second compressor, a second storage device for storing the second compressed image;an image discriminator for characterizing the source image according to predefined criteria, and to generate and output a recommendation between the first and second compression methods; andcoupled to the image discriminator, the first storage device, and the second storage device an input device for accepting a user input signal to select between the first and second compression methods.