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Encoding apparatus and method for processing color data in blocks

US5576845A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 19, 1994
Grant dateNov 19, 1996
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2014

Classification

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

Abstract

The image encoding apparatus and encoding method thereof according to the present invention which encodes a multi-valued (color) image by dividing multi-valued (color) image data to blocks and constituting code data for each block, including the CPU which switches composition of the code data according to the remainder obtained by dividing a typical value in a block which is a portion of said code data by an integral number.

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