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Image encoding apparatus and image decoding apparatus

US8126282B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 30, 2008
Grant dateFeb 28, 2012
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/43
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided are an image encoding apparatus and an image decoding apparatus. The image encoding apparatus includes a compression unit compressing a reference image by reducing a resolution of the reference image in a resolution adjustment mode determined from among at least two resolution adjustment modes according to a distribution of values of pixels of the reference image, and providing the compressed reference image to a memory, a reconstruction unit reconstructing the reference image by increasing a resolution of the compressed reference image stored in the memory to an original resolution, a predictive encoding unit performing predictive encoding on a current image by using the reconstructed reference image, and a predictive decoding unit generating the reference image by performing decoding on the predictive encoded current image, and providing the generated reference image to the compression unit.

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