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Image encoder, image decoder, and image transmission device

US10225563B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 9, 2016
Grant dateMar 5, 2019
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Expiry dateMar 30, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/80
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Making effective use of an image encoder and an image decoder for processing a color image of a general-purpose standard bit depth, an image transmission device capable of transmitting/receiving a monochrome image of a higher bit depth is configured. An image transmission device includes an image encoder to encode a high bit-depth monochrome image and output encoded data and an image decoder to generate, by decoding the encoded data received via a transmission path, a high bit-depth monochrome image. The image encoder decomposes the input high bit-depth image data into plural bit planes corresponding to color image data of a standard bit depth and encodes the standard bit-depth color image data. The image decoder decodes the color image data of the standard bit depth and synthesizes, from the decoded standard bit-depth color image data, a high bit-depth monochrome image.

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