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Method and apparatus for encoding or decoding an image in accordance with image characteristics

US5416606A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 1994
Grant dateMay 16, 1995
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Expiry dateSep 23, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/91
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an image processing apparatus having the function to encode or decode image data and discloses a technique in which an optimum encoding method is selected in accordance with the characteristics of an image and a high efficient encoding with little deterioration in image is executed.

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