Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
65 words
An apparatus for decompressing image information, comprising: (a) first processor means for parsing the image information into partially de-compressed information; (b) second processor means for identifying non-zero value dimensions for each block of partially decompressed information and decompressing each of the blocks of partially decompressed information based on the non-zero value dimensions into decompressed image information; and (c) storage means for saving the decompressed information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
15 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said first processor means includes a Huffman decoder.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein said second processor means includes an un-zigzager.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
Apparatus as recited in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein said second processor means includes a dequantizer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
Apparatus as recited in any one of the preceding claims, wherein second processor means includes an inverse discrete transformer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
Apparatus as recited in any one of the preceding claims, wherein said second processor means includes a normalizer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
Apparatus as recited in any one of the preceding claims, wherein second processor means includes an interleaver.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
58 words
A method for decompressing image information, comprising the steps of: (a) parsing the image information into partially de-compressed information; (b) identifying non-zero value dimensions for each block of partially decompressed information and decompressing each of the blocks of partially decompressed information based on the non-zero value dimensions into decompressed image information; and (c) storing the decompressed image information.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
46 words
A method according to claim 8, wherein said identified non-zero value dimensions are used to extract from each block of partially decompressed information a minimum dimension information block for processing in step (b), which contains all of the non-zero value information of the original information block.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method according to claim 9, wherein step (b) includes inverse discrete transformation of the partially decompressed information, which is carried out using said minimum dimension information blocks.