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Image processing apparatus

US6263107A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 2, 1998
Grant dateJul 17, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 2, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/89
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image processing apparatus in which an image signal is divided into blocks each comprising a plurality of pixels and a quantization and a variable length encoding are executed so that a code amount of a plurality of blocks lies within a certain range. As a plurality of blocks, the position of the block which is selected at the nth order approaches the periphery of a picture screen with an increase in value of (n).

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