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Image processing apparatus, image processing method and recording medium

US8736858B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 19, 2011
Grant dateMay 27, 2014
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Expiry dateApr 25, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/33378
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image processing apparatus that selects an image output mode from one of a plurality of output modes, the image processing apparatus including: an output mode selection unit that selects the image output mode by sequentially determining whether or not to select an image output mode in accordance with an output mode order allotted to the plurality of output modes, based on a ratio of a classified number of blocks to a reference number of blocks, wherein in a first determination in the output mode order, the reference number of blocks is a total number of blocks of the image, and in a second or subsequent determination in the output mode order, the reference number of blocks is a value that is obtained by subtracting the classified number of blocks in a preceding determination in the output mode order from the reference number of blocks in the preceding determination.

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