| US 7,602,981 B2 | ||
| Image storage and display system, maintenance system therefor, and image storage and display method | ||
| Kenichi Niwa, Otawara (Japan); and Takashi Kondo, Otawara (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan); and Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 08, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/73,648. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-066257 (JP), filed on Mar. 09, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0238255 A1, Oct. 27, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/54 (2006.01); G06K 9/60 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 11/02 (2006.01); H04N 11/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 382—239 [382/128; 382/305; 725/105; 725/135; 725/143; 375/240.01; 709/203; 709/217; 709/219; 709/247] | 17 Claims |
| 1. An image storage and display system comprising:
an image storage server that includes an image storing unit for storing an image as data; and
an image display terminal that is connected to the image storage server via a network and that displays the image sent from
the image storage server, wherein
the image storage server includes:
an information managing unit that manages a history formed operation information concerning an operation that affected a quality
of the image in the image display terminal; and
an image compressing unit that compresses the image on the basis of the history, and stores a compressed image as the image
in the image storing unit,
wherein the information managing unit calculates a first period in which there is no free space in the image storing unit
on the basis of the stored storage history; and
wherein after elapse of the first period or a second period that does not exceed the first period set in advance, the information
managing unit sets the image compression ratio on the basis of the history, and stores the compressed image in the image storing
unit.
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