Encoding image data in blocks read out in a predetermined order
US6301390A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 16, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2016 |
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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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