An image compressing device includes: a histogram creating unit configured to create a histogram regarding an input image; an original type recognizing unit configured to recognize an original type of the input image using the histogram; and an image compressing unit configured to perform a compression process for creating a high-compressed image file from the input image and to control a compression mode of the compression process depending on at least the original type recognized by the original type recognizing unit.

A system for determining compression rates for images, the system comprising a processing resource configured to: obtain a given image at least partially comprising a given text; compress the given image at a given compression ratio, giving rise to a compressed image; perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the compressed image, giving rise to OCR text; compare the OCR text to the given text, giving rise to comparison results; upon the comparison results meeting a rule, increase the given compression rate; and upon the compression results not meeting a rule, return to a previous compression rate, if any.

A system for determining compression rates for images, the system comprising a processing resource configured to: obtain a given image at least partially comprising a given text; compress the given image at a given compression ratio, giving rise to a compressed image; perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the compressed image, giving rise to OCR text; compare the OCR text to the given text, giving rise to comparison results; upon the comparison results meeting a rule, increase the given compression rate; and upon the compression results not meeting a rule, return to a previous compression rate, if any.

An imaging element includes a memory that stores captured image data obtained by imaging a subject at a first frame rate and is incorporated in the imaging element, a imaging processing circuit that performs processing on the captured image data, and an output circuit that outputs at least one of the captured image data or processed image data to an outside of the imaging element, and is incorporated in the imaging element, in which the imaging processing circuit generates, in accordance with a degree of difference between first captured image data obtained by imaging and second captured image data stored in the memory, compressed image data obtained by compressing the first captured image data by dividing the first captured image data into a plurality of bit ranges, and the output circuit outputs the compressed image data to the outside as the processed image data at a second frame rate.

An imaging element includes a memory that stores captured image data obtained by imaging a subject at a first frame rate and is incorporated in the imaging element, a imaging processing circuit that performs processing on the captured image data, and an output circuit that outputs at least one of the captured image data or processed image data to an outside of the imaging element, and is incorporated in the imaging element, in which the imaging processing circuit generates, in accordance with a degree of difference between first captured image data obtained by imaging and second captured image data stored in the memory, compressed image data obtained by compressing the first captured image data by dividing the first captured image data into a plurality of bit ranges, and the output circuit outputs the compressed image data to the outside as the processed image data at a second frame rate.

A system for determining compression rates for images, the system comprising a processing resource configured to: obtain a given image at least partially comprising a given text; compress the given image at a given compression ratio, giving rise to a compressed image; perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the compressed image, giving rise to OCR text; compare the OCR text to the given text, giving rise to comparison results; upon the comparison results meeting a rule, increase the given compression rate; and upon the compression results not meeting a rule, return to a previous compression rate, if any.

An apparatus comprises: a receiver configured to receive an image; and a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to: divide the image into pixels; reorder the pixels to create reordered pixels; generate a first sub-image and a second sub-image using the reordered pixels; generate a first instruction to store the first sub-image in a first sub-image node; and generate a second instruction to store the second sub-image in a second sub-image node; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the first instruction and the second instruction to a database.

An image compressing device includes: a histogram creating unit configured to create a histogram regarding an input image; an original type recognizing unit configured to recognize an original type of the input image using the histogram; and an image compressing unit configured to perform a compression process for creating a high-compressed image file from the input image and to control a compression mode of the compression process depending on at least the original type recognized by the original type recognizing unit.

Some embodiments provide a method for editing a composite presentation in a media-editing application. The method receives a media file to import into the media-editing application from an external device. The method creates a set of media clip data structures to represent the media file. At least one of the data structures references the media file on the external device. Before the media file is imported from the external device, the method uses the media clip data structure to edit a composite presentation with the media file. After the media file is imported from the external device, automatically modifying the data structure to refer to a copy of the media file on a local device.