METHOD FOR CONVERTING A BIT MAP OF AN IMAGE TO A RUN LENGTH OR RUN END REPRESENTATION
Patent №
US 4,610,027
Granted
1986-09-02
Filed 1983
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, ARMONK, NY 10504 A CORP. OF
Lab
AI components
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Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
06567218
A method for converting an image from a bit map to a run end or run length representation includes the steps of: storing said image as a bit map representation; initializing all variables to be used in the conversion process; converting by table lookup, each run of continuous color to a run representation, storing, in a run representation buffer, as a count value, each run representation; repeating the steps of converting and storing for each run of continuous color to the end of the image.
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Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, ARMONK, NY 10504 A CORP. OF
assignment · 42680976
Assignors
ANDERSON, KAREN L., GOERTZEL, GERALD, MITCHELL, JOAN LA VERNE
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