Patent ID: 7271374
Filing Date: 2007-09-18
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of sequencing data describing the pixels of a rectangular two or higher dimensional image, into an ordered data stream comprising the steps of: a) partitioning an image into a plurality of subimages such that each pixel of the image is contained in one subimage; b) applying a simple primitive scanning sequence to each of the subimages comprising the sub-steps of: c) further partitioning each of the subimages into a plurality of sub-subimages; d) iteratively repeating steps (b)-(c) until the sub-subimages are individual image pixels; e) taking, as the scan path of the image, the fully developed path from step (d) which enters and leaves each image pixel once; and f) compiling the ordered data stream by sequencing data describing each image pixel according to the scan path of step (e).