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Samsung patents image processor that skips compressing low-detail data

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung describes an image processing device that splits image data into high-detail and low-detail parts. It compresses the high-detail part immediately but stores the low-detail part in a buffer to skip compression, which may save processing power.

Why it mattersThis method could help video chips use less energy by avoiding unnecessary work on parts of the image that are less important to quality.

In the filing’s own words

Provided are an image processing device and an operating method of the image processing device. An image processing device includes a multimedia intellectual property (IP) configured to process image data for pixels constituting one frame image, and an encoder configured to generate compressed data by performing compression on the image data, wherein the encoder includes a compression module and a first buffer. The compression module is configured to generate first compressed data by performing compression on the first image data including a most significant bit (MSB) of the image data, and the first buffer is configured to store second image data containing a least significant bit (LSB) of the image data, in order to skip compression for the second image data.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1.- 20. (canceled)

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
Publication number
US20260313144A1
Application number
19715321
Filed
Jun 22, 2026
Published
Oct 8, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
21

Classified under

H04N 19/184 Electricity & electronics
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