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Image processing method and apparatus for application to an image file or image communication apparatus
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1994-05-31
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Granted: 1997-07-22
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Expires: 2014-05-31
Abstract
Abstract A color image processing apparatus and method through which it is possible to realize high-speed encoding processing of image data containing data indicative of blank spaces. When encoding processing is executed, a CPU sets data, which is added on as a blank space or margin, in a blank-value setting memory, and a DSP for encoding processing reads in the set value before the start of encoding processing, effects a transformation of the color space to undergo encoding processing, and stores the resulting data in its own internal memory, whereby the data stored in the internal memory is used in encoding of blank areas to make possible high-speed encoding processing.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshifumi Nakajima
- 👤 Yasunori Hashimoto
- 👤 Yasuyuki Nakamura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-05 23:32
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N19/00; H04N19/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
122 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: input means for inputting image data representing an image; encoding means for dividing the image data into a plurality of blocks and encoding the image data by using a calculation; discriminating means for discriminating whether pixels in a block have predetermined values; storage means for storing data which is to be obtained by performing said encoding using the calculation by said encoding means, on said pixels in a block having the predetermined values; and output means for outputting the data stored in said storage means as encoded data corresponding to said pixels in a block, when said pixels in a block have the predetermined values, said output being performed without using the calculation by said encoding means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
122 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: input means for inputting image data representing an image; encoding means for dividing the image data into a plurality of blocks and encoding the image data by using a calculation; discriminating means for discriminating whether pixels in a block have predetermined values; storage means for storing data which is to be obtained by performing said encoding using the calculation by said encoding means, on said pixels in a block having the predetermined values; and output means for outputting the data stored in said storage means as encoded data corresponding to said pixels in a block, when said pixels in a block have the predetermined values, said output being performed without using the calculation by said encoding means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said encoding means is a DSP.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said encoding means encodes the image data by using a discrete cosine transform, quantization and Huffman coding.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined values represent white pixels.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the block has n×n pixels.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising supplying means for supplying a program for encoding the image data.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said discriminating means further discriminates whether the plurality of blocks in which pixels have the predetermined values are successively arranged.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
127 words
An image processing method comprising: an input step of inputting image data representing an image; an encoding step of dividing the image data into a plurality of blocks and encoding the image data by using a calculation; a discriminating step of discriminating whether pixels in a block have predetermined values; a storing step of storing data which is to be obtained by performing said encoding using the calculation in said encoding step, on said pixels in a block having the predetermined values; and an outputting step of outputting the data stored in said storing step as encoded data corresponding to said pixels in a block, when said pixels in a block have the predetermined values, said output being performed without using the calculation in said encoding step.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
127 words
An image processing method comprising: an input step of inputting image data representing an image; an encoding step of dividing the image data into a plurality of blocks and encoding the image data by using a calculation; a discriminating step of discriminating whether pixels in a block have predetermined values; a storing step of storing data which is to be obtained by performing said encoding using the calculation in said encoding step, on said pixels in a block having the predetermined values; and an outputting step of outputting the data stored in said storing step as encoded data corresponding to said pixels in a block, when said pixels in a block have the predetermined values, said output being performed without using the calculation in said encoding step.
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