Patent ID: 7154514

Claim:
A method for downscaling an image, the method comprising the steps for: providing an image that is represented by a plurality of pixels, wherein the image is to be downscaled; selectively skipping one or more scan lines from the plurality of pixels; selectively skipping one or more pixels from non-skipped scan lines from the plurality of pixels; and using non-skipped pixels from the non-skipped scan lines to downscale the image; wherein the method is used to downscale the image to two-fifths the size of the image and further includes the step for subdividing the plurality of pixels into 5×5 pixel areas, wherein the step for selectively skipping one or more scan lines from the plurality of pixels includes a step for skipping three scan lines of each of the pixel areas, wherein the step for selectively skipping one or more pixels from non-skipped scan lines from the plurality of pixels includes skipping a pixel from each of the non-skipped scan lines of each of the pixel areas, and wherein the step for using non-skipped pixels from the non-skipped scan lines to downscale the image includes the steps for pairing the non-skipped pixels and averaging the paired pixels to downscale the image.