Image compressing apparatus and image coding synthesizing method
US5267333A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 21, 1992 |
| Grant date | Nov 30, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/41
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image compressing apparatus forms a synthetic image from a plurality of image data. The apparatus includes a device for sorting a plurality of image data into a plurality of image types in accordance with at least one of a nature and a use of each image data, a device for selecting an image compressing method out of a plurality of predetermined various image compressing methods for each image data in accordance with the sorted image type, and a device for compressing the image data in accordance with the selected image compressing method and recording the compressed image data in a recording medium.
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