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Image processing apparatus and image processing method

US7778473B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 2006
Grant dateAug 17, 2010
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Expiry dateJun 16, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/63
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A disclosed image processing apparatus for compressing image data through multiple operations includes multiple processing units corresponding to the operations. Each of two or more of the processing units includes a regular processing subunit perform regular processing and a simplified processing subunit to perform simplified version of the regular processing; and a control unit to select one of the regular processing subunit and the simplified processing subunit of each of two or more of the processing units to perform a corresponding one of the operations.

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