Image analysis – Image compression or coding – Including details of decompression
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-05
2011-04-05
Ge, Yuzhen (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Image compression or coding
Including details of decompression
Reexamination Certificate
active
07920749
ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods for representing high dynamic range data in compressed formats with a fixed size block allow high dynamic range data to be stored in less memory. The compressed formats use 8 bits per pixel. A first compressed format includes two endpoint values and compressed indices for the pixels in the block. A second compressed format includes four endpoint values, a partition index that specifies a mask for each pair of the four endpoint values, and compressed indices for the pixels in the block. The two formats may be used for various blocks within a single compressed image and mode bits are included to distinguish between the two formats. Furthermore, each endpoint value may be encoded using an endpoint compression mode that is also specified by the mode bits. Compressed high dynamic range values represented in either format may be efficiently decompressed in hardware.
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Ge Yuzhen
Nvidia Corporation
Patterson & Sheridan LLP
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