METHOD FOR THE COMPRESSION OF DIGITAL IMAGES AND DEVICE FOR THE APPLICATION OF A METHOD OF THIS TYPE

The invention pertains to a method and a device for the compression of digital images, the image being made up of a set of pixels, these pixels being assembled in classes, the number of which is predetermined, the method consisting in the creation, during the analysis of the image and each time that a pixel does not belong to the classes already created, a class to which the pixel would belong, this class being created on the basis of the radiometric characteristics of the pixel analyzed.