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Image processing apparatus

US4903317A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 23, 1987
Grant dateFeb 20, 1990
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Expiry dateJun 23, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/30
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a memory for storing image data, a loss-compression circuit for loss-compressing the image data, an expansion circuit for expanding the loss-compressed image data, and a difference circuit for calculating a difference between the original image data of the image memory and the expanded image data of the expansion circuit. A lossless compression circuit lossless-compresses the difference image data obtained by the difference circuit. A multiplexer multiplexes the loss-compressed image data output from the loss-compression circuit, with the lossless-compressed difference data obtained by the lossless-compression circuit.

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