Patent ID: 7628330
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for processing image data, comprising: an image-obtaining component that receives original image data from an original image; a storage component that stores a program of instructions including instructions for generating barcode data for a two-dimensional barcode that encodes the original image data such that the original image is reproducible from the two-dimensional barcode; a processor that processes the original image data; a barcode-producing component that produces the two-dimensional barcode based on the original image data; and a document-producing component that produces a document including the two-dimensional barcode and a reproduction of the original image; wherein the reproduction has a lower resolution than the original image, and the reproduction is represented by a smaller amount of data than the original image, whereby the document has a reduced file size; and wherein a full-resolution original image is reproducible from the two-dimensional barcode produced with the reproduction.