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Apparatus and method for embedding/unembedding supplemental information
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1998-05-07
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Granted: 2001-02-20
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Expires: 2018-05-07
Abstract
Abstract A supplemental information embedding apparatus having a device for capturing image data, a first memory for storing image data indicating the presence of copyright protection, a first encoder for encoding the image data obtained by the image capturing means to a first format digital image data by n stages of processing (n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2), a second memory for storing the first format digital image data produced in the digital image data producing means, a second encoder for encoding the image data indicating the copyright data supplied from the image capturing device or the first memory to a second format digital watermark by i stages of processing (i is a positive integer less than n), a third memory for storing the second format digital watermark encoded by the second encoder, a decoder for decoding the first format digital image data stored in the second memory up to a desirable stage of decoding, a divider for dividing the second format digital watermark stored in the third memory into predetermined format blocks, an embedder for dispersively embedding the blocks of the digital watermark into the image data encoded up to i stage by the first encoder or the irate data decoded up to i stage by the decoder, a third encoder for encoding the image data obtained by the embedder by exerting operations on and after j stage (j=n−1) of encoding so as to produce the first format digital image data, and a fourth memory for storing the first format digital image data encoded by the third encoder.
Inventors
- 👤 Shinji Yamadaji
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google_patents
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2026-11-09 18:19
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/387; H04N19/00; H04N19/60; G; G06; G06T; G06T1/00; G06T1/0021; G06T1/0028; G06T1/0035; H04N1/32; H04N1/32101; H04N1/32144; H04N1/32149; H04N1/32154; H04N1/32165; H04N1/32187; H04N1/32192; H04N1/32267; H04N1/32277; H04N1/41; H04N19/46; H04N19/467; H04N21/00; H04N21/20; H04N21/23; H04N21/238; H04N21/2389; H04N21/23892; H04N21/80; H04N21/83; H04N21/835; H04N21/8358; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/91; H04N5/913; H04N7/00; H04N7/08; G06T2201/00; G06T2201/005; G06T2201/0052; G06T2201/0053; G06T2201/0061; H04N2005/91307; H04N2005/91335; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0077; H04N2201/0081; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3225; H04N2201/3233; H04N2201/3269; H04N2201/327; H04N2201/328
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 42
Claim 1
Independent Claim
252 words
A supplemental information embedding apparatus, comprising: a device for capturing a first image data; a first memory for storing a second image data indicating the presence of copyright protection; a first encoder for encoding the first image data obtained by the image capturing device to a first format digital image data by n stages of processing (n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2); a second memory for storing the first format digital image data produced in the first encoder; a second encoder for encoding the image data indicating a copyright data supplied from the image capturing device or the first memory to a second format digital watermark by i stages of processing (i is a positive integer less than n); a third memory for storing the second format digital watermark encoded by the second encoder; a decoder for decoding the first format digital image data stored in the second memory up to a prescribed stage of decoding; a divider for dividing the second format digital watermark stored in the third memory into predetermined format blocks; an embedder for dispersively embedding the blocks of the digital watermark into the image data encoded up to i stage by the decoder; a third encoder for encoding the image data obtained by the embedder by exerting operations on or after j stage (=n−1) of encoding so as to produce the first format digital image data; and a fourth memory for storing the first format digital image data encoded by the third encoder.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
252 words
A supplemental information embedding apparatus, comprising: a device for capturing a first image data; a first memory for storing a second image data indicating the presence of copyright protection; a first encoder for encoding the first image data obtained by the image capturing device to a first format digital image data by n stages of processing (n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2); a second memory for storing the first format digital image data produced in the first encoder; a second encoder for encoding the image data indicating a copyright data supplied from the image capturing device or the first memory to a second format digital watermark by i stages of processing (i is a positive integer less than n); a third memory for storing the second format digital watermark encoded by the second encoder; a decoder for decoding the first format digital image data stored in the second memory up to a prescribed stage of decoding; a divider for dividing the second format digital watermark stored in the third memory into predetermined format blocks; an embedder for dispersively embedding the blocks of the digital watermark into the image data encoded up to i stage by the decoder; a third encoder for encoding the image data obtained by the embedder by exerting operations on or after j stage (=n−1) of encoding so as to produce the first format digital image data; and a fourth memory for storing the first format digital image data encoded by the third encoder.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
237 words
A supplemental information embedding method, comprising: receiving an image data from an image capturing device; carrying out a first encoding operation for producing digital image data in a first format by n stages of processing (n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2) for the image data captured by the image capturing device; carrying out a second encoding operation for producing digital watermark in a second format by i stages of processing (i is a positive integer less than n) for a second image data indicating a presence of copyright Protection supplied from the image capturing device or a first memory storing a digital image data indicating the presence of copyright protection; decoding the first format digital image data stored in a second memory up to a prescribed stage; dividing the second format digital watermark stored in a digital watermark memory into predetermined format blocks; dispersively embedding the blocks of the digital watermark into the image data encoded up to i stage by the first encoding operation or the image data decoded up to i stage by the decoding operation; carrying out a third encoding operation on or after j stages of processing (j=n−i) to the image data obtained in the embedding of the digital watermark so as to reproduce the second format digital image data; and storing the first format digital image data encoded in the third stage encoding operation in a memory.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
237 words
A supplemental information embedding method, comprising: receiving an image data from an image capturing device; carrying out a first encoding operation for producing digital image data in a first format by n stages of processing (n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2) for the image data captured by the image capturing device; carrying out a second encoding operation for producing digital watermark in a second format by i stages of processing (i is a positive integer less than n) for a second image data indicating a presence of copyright Protection supplied from the image capturing device or a first memory storing a digital image data indicating the presence of copyright protection; decoding the first format digital image data stored in a second memory up to a prescribed stage; dividing the second format digital watermark stored in a digital watermark memory into predetermined format blocks; dispersively embedding the blocks of the digital watermark into the image data encoded up to i stage by the first encoding operation or the image data decoded up to i stage by the decoding operation; carrying out a third encoding operation on or after j stages of processing (j=n−i) to the image data obtained in the embedding of the digital watermark so as to reproduce the second format digital image data; and storing the first format digital image data encoded in the third stage encoding operation in a memory.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
55 words
An image processing method as claimed in the claim 2 , further comprising: receiving another image data from the image capturing device; encoding the other image data to the second format data so as to produce the digital watermark indicating the presence of copyright protection; and storing the digital watermark into the digital watermark memory.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
60 words
An image processing method as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising: reading out the digital image data indicating the presence of copyright protection from the first memory; encoding the digital image data to the second format so as to produce the digital watermark indicating the presence of copyright protection; and storing the digital watermark into the digital watermark memory.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
120 words
An image processing method as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising: receiving another image data from the image capturing device; carrying out encoding operations up to i stage (i is a positive integer less than n), to the other image data captured by the image capturing device; dividing the second format digital watermark stored in the digital watermark memory into a specific format data; dispersively embedding the blocks of the digital watermark into the image data encoded up to i stage; carrying out the encoding operations on or after j stage (j=n−1) to the data embedded with digital watermark so as to reproduce the first format digital image; and storing the first format image data into a third memory.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
115 words
An image processing method as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising: reading out the first format encoded image data stored in the second memory; carrying out decoding operations up to i stage for the image data read out from the second memory; dividing the second format digital watermark stored in the digital watermark memory into blocks; dispersively embedding the blocks of the digital watermark so as to produce a specific format image data; carrying out encoding operations on or after j stage (j=n−1) to specific format image data embedded with digital watermark so as to reproduce the first format digital image data; and storing the first format digital image data into the third memory.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
65 words
A supplemental information embedding apparatus, comprising: an orthogonal transformer for orthogonal transforming divided blocks of image data; a quantizer for quantizing the divided blocks of image data after the orthogonal transform; and an embedder for embedding supplemental information in place of at least a part of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block) in each of the quantized blocks of image data.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
65 words
A supplemental information embedding apparatus, comprising: an orthogonal transformer for orthogonal transforming divided blocks of image data; a quantizer for quantizing the divided blocks of image data after the orthogonal transform; and an embedder for embedding supplemental information in place of at least a part of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block) in each of the quantized blocks of image data.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
63 words
A supplemental information embedding apparatus, comprising: an orthogonal transformer for orthogonal transforming divided blocks of image data; a quantizer for quantizing the divided blocks of image data after the orthogonal transform; and an embedder for embedding supplemental information in place of the head of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block) in each of the quantized blocks of image data.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
63 words
A supplemental information embedding apparatus, comprising: an orthogonal transformer for orthogonal transforming divided blocks of image data; a quantizer for quantizing the divided blocks of image data after the orthogonal transform; and an embedder for embedding supplemental information in place of the head of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block) in each of the quantized blocks of image data.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
91 words
A supplemental information embedding apparatus, comprising: an orthogonal transformer for orthogonal transforming divided blocks of image data; a quantizer for quantizing the divided blocks of image data after the orthogonal transform; and a divider for dividing supplemental information corresponding to one frame of the image data into a plurality of blocks; and an embedder for dispersively embedding the divided blocks of supplemental information into the image data in place of the head of a zero run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Blocks) of the quantized blocks of image data.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
91 words
A supplemental information embedding apparatus, comprising: an orthogonal transformer for orthogonal transforming divided blocks of image data; a quantizer for quantizing the divided blocks of image data after the orthogonal transform; and a divider for dividing supplemental information corresponding to one frame of the image data into a plurality of blocks; and an embedder for dispersively embedding the divided blocks of supplemental information into the image data in place of the head of a zero run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Blocks) of the quantized blocks of image data.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
34 words
A supplemental information embedding apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 7 to 9 , further comprising: a reversible compressor for reversible compressing the blocks of image data embedded with the supplemental information.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
117 words
An image decoder for decoding image compression data wherein supplemental information is embedded in place of at least a part of zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block), which is obtained by dividing image data, orthogonal transforming the divided blocks of image data and quantizing the orthogonal transformed blocks of image data, comprising: an unbedder for unbedding the supplemental information from the image compression data; a memory for storing the unbedded supplemental information; a replacer for replacing the supplemental information embedded in the image compression data with a zero-run; a reverse quantizer for reverse quantizing the zero-replaced image compression data; and a reverse orthogonal transformer for reverse orthogonal transforming the reverse quantized image compression data.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
117 words
An image decoder for decoding image compression data wherein supplemental information is embedded in place of at least a part of zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block), which is obtained by dividing image data, orthogonal transforming the divided blocks of image data and quantizing the orthogonal transformed blocks of image data, comprising: an unbedder for unbedding the supplemental information from the image compression data; a memory for storing the unbedded supplemental information; a replacer for replacing the supplemental information embedded in the image compression data with a zero-run; a reverse quantizer for reverse quantizing the zero-replaced image compression data; and a reverse orthogonal transformer for reverse orthogonal transforming the reverse quantized image compression data.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
129 words
An image decoder for decoding reversible compressed image data wherein supplemental information is embedded in place of at least a part of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block) obtained by dividing image data, orthogonal transforming the divided blocks of image data and quantizing the orthogonal transformed blocks of image data, comprising: a reversible decoder for reversible decoding the image compression data; an unbedder for unbedding the supplemental information from the reversible decoded image compression data; a memory for storing the unbedded supplemental information; a replacer for replacing the supplemental information embedded in the image compression data with a zero-run; a reverse quantizer for reverse quantizing the zero-replaced image compression data; and a reverse orthogonal transformer for reverse orthogonal transforming the reverse quantized image compression data.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
129 words
An image decoder for decoding reversible compressed image data wherein supplemental information is embedded in place of at least a part of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block) obtained by dividing image data, orthogonal transforming the divided blocks of image data and quantizing the orthogonal transformed blocks of image data, comprising: a reversible decoder for reversible decoding the image compression data; an unbedder for unbedding the supplemental information from the reversible decoded image compression data; a memory for storing the unbedded supplemental information; a replacer for replacing the supplemental information embedded in the image compression data with a zero-run; a reverse quantizer for reverse quantizing the zero-replaced image compression data; and a reverse orthogonal transformer for reverse orthogonal transforming the reverse quantized image compression data.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
50 words
An image encoding method comprising: orthogonal transforming divided blocks of image data; quantizing the divided blocks of image data after the orthogonal transforming operation; and embedding supplemental information into at least a part of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block) in each of the quantized blocks.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
50 words
An image encoding method comprising: orthogonal transforming divided blocks of image data; quantizing the divided blocks of image data after the orthogonal transforming operation; and embedding supplemental information into at least a part of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block) in each of the quantized blocks.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
50 words
An image encoding method comprising: orthogonal transforming divided blocks of image data; quantizing the divided blocks of image data after the orthogonal transforming operation; and embedding supplemental information in place of the head of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block) in each of the quantized block.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
50 words
An image encoding method comprising: orthogonal transforming divided blocks of image data; quantizing the divided blocks of image data after the orthogonal transforming operation; and embedding supplemental information in place of the head of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block) in each of the quantized block.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
75 words
An image encoding method comprising: orthogonal transforming divided blocks of image data; quantizing the divided blocks of image data after the orthogonal transforming operation; dividing supplemental information corresponding to one frame of image data into a plurality of blocks; and dispersively embedding the divided blocks of supplemental information into the image data in place of the head of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Blocks) of the quantized blocks of image data.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
75 words
An image encoding method comprising: orthogonal transforming divided blocks of image data; quantizing the divided blocks of image data after the orthogonal transforming operation; dividing supplemental information corresponding to one frame of image data into a plurality of blocks; and dispersively embedding the divided blocks of supplemental information into the image data in place of the head of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Blocks) of the quantized blocks of image data.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
98 words
A method for decoding image data wherein supplemental information is embedded in place of at least a part of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block), which is obtained by dividing image data, orthogonal transforming the divided blocks of image data and quantizing the orthogonal transformed blocks of image data, comprising: unbedding the supplemental information from the image compression data; storing the unbedded supplemental information; replacing the supplemental information embedded in the image compression data with a zero-run; reverse quantizing the zero-replaced image compression data; and reverse orthogonal transforming the reverse quantized image compression data.
Claim 27
Independent Claim
98 words
A method for decoding image data wherein supplemental information is embedded in place of at least a part of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block), which is obtained by dividing image data, orthogonal transforming the divided blocks of image data and quantizing the orthogonal transformed blocks of image data, comprising: unbedding the supplemental information from the image compression data; storing the unbedded supplemental information; replacing the supplemental information embedded in the image compression data with a zero-run; reverse quantizing the zero-replaced image compression data; and reverse orthogonal transforming the reverse quantized image compression data.
Claim 28
Independent Claim
110 words
A method for decoding reversibly compressed image data wherein supplemental information is embedded in place of at least a part of the zero run section of immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block), which is obtained by dividing image data, orthogonal transforming the divided blocks of image data and quantizing the orthogonal transformed blocks of image data, comprising: reversible decoding the image compression data; unbedding the supplemental information from the reversible decoded image compression data; storing the unbedded supplemental information; replacing the supplemental information embedded in the image compression data with a zero-run; reverse quantizing the zero-replaced image compression data; and reverse orthogonal transforming the reverse quantized image compression data.
Claim 29
Independent Claim
110 words
A method for decoding reversibly compressed image data wherein supplemental information is embedded in place of at least a part of the zero run section of immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block), which is obtained by dividing image data, orthogonal transforming the divided blocks of image data and quantizing the orthogonal transformed blocks of image data, comprising: reversible decoding the image compression data; unbedding the supplemental information from the reversible decoded image compression data; storing the unbedded supplemental information; replacing the supplemental information embedded in the image compression data with a zero-run; reverse quantizing the zero-replaced image compression data; and reverse orthogonal transforming the reverse quantized image compression data.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
271 words
A supplemental information embedding apparatus, comprising: means for capturing a first image data; first storing means for storing a second image data indicating the presence of copyright protection; first encoding means for encoding the first image data obtained by the image capturing means to a first format digital image data by n stages of processing (n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2); second storing means for storing the first format digital image data produced in the first encoding means; second encoding means for encoding the image data indicating a copyright data supplied from the image capturing means or the first storing means to a second format digital watermark by i stages of processing (i is a positive integer less than n); third storing means for storing the encoded second format digital watermark encoded by the second encoding means; means for decoding the first format digital image data stored in the second storing means up to a prescribed stage of decoding; means for dividing the second format digital watermark stored in the third storing means into predetermined format blocks; means for dispersively embedding the blocks of the digital watermark into the image data encoded up to i stage by the first encoding means or the image data decoded up to i stage by the decoding means; third encoding means for encoding the image data obtained by the digital watermark embedding means by exerting operations on or after j stage (j=n−1) of encoding so as to produce the first format digital image data; and means for storing the first format digital image data encoded by the third encoding means.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
271 words
A supplemental information embedding apparatus, comprising: means for capturing a first image data; first storing means for storing a second image data indicating the presence of copyright protection; first encoding means for encoding the first image data obtained by the image capturing means to a first format digital image data by n stages of processing (n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2); second storing means for storing the first format digital image data produced in the first encoding means; second encoding means for encoding the image data indicating a copyright data supplied from the image capturing means or the first storing means to a second format digital watermark by i stages of processing (i is a positive integer less than n); third storing means for storing the encoded second format digital watermark encoded by the second encoding means; means for decoding the first format digital image data stored in the second storing means up to a prescribed stage of decoding; means for dividing the second format digital watermark stored in the third storing means into predetermined format blocks; means for dispersively embedding the blocks of the digital watermark into the image data encoded up to i stage by the first encoding means or the image data decoded up to i stage by the decoding means; third encoding means for encoding the image data obtained by the digital watermark embedding means by exerting operations on or after j stage (j=n−1) of encoding so as to produce the first format digital image data; and means for storing the first format digital image data encoded by the third encoding means.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
62 words
A supplemental information embedding apparatus, comprising: means for orthogonal transforming divided blocks of image data; means for quantizing the divided blocks of image data after the orthogonal transforming operation; and means for embedding supplemental information in place of at least a part of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block) in each of the quantized blocks of image data.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
62 words
A supplemental information embedding apparatus, comprising: means for orthogonal transforming divided blocks of image data; means for quantizing the divided blocks of image data after the orthogonal transforming operation; and means for embedding supplemental information in place of at least a part of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block) in each of the quantized blocks of image data.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
60 words
A supplemental information embedding apparatus, comprising: means for orthogonal transforming divided blocks of image data; means for quantizing the divided blocks of image data after the orthogonal transforming operation; and means for embedding supplemental information in place of the head of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block) in each of the quantized blocks of image data.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
60 words
A supplemental information embedding apparatus, comprising: means for orthogonal transforming divided blocks of image data; means for quantizing the divided blocks of image data after the orthogonal transforming operation; and means for embedding supplemental information in place of the head of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block) in each of the quantized blocks of image data.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
85 words
A supplemental information embedding apparatus, comprising: means for orthogonal transforming divided blocks of image data; means for quantizing the divided blocks of image data after the orthogonal transforming operation; means for dividing supplemental information corresponding to one frame of the image data into a plurality of blocks; and means for dispersively embedding the divided blocks of supplemental information into the image data in place of the head of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Blocks) of the quantized blocks of image data.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
85 words
A supplemental information embedding apparatus, comprising: means for orthogonal transforming divided blocks of image data; means for quantizing the divided blocks of image data after the orthogonal transforming operation; means for dividing supplemental information corresponding to one frame of the image data into a plurality of blocks; and means for dispersively embedding the divided blocks of supplemental information into the image data in place of the head of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Blocks) of the quantized blocks of image data.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
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A supplemental information embedding apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 19 to 21 , further comprising: means for reversible compressing the blocks of image data embedded with the supplemental information.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
110 words
An image decoder for decoding image compression data wherein supplemental information is embedded in place of at least a part of zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block), which is obtained by dividing image data, orthogonal transforming the divided blocks of image data and quantizing the orthogonal transformed blocks of image data, comprising: means for unbedding the supplemental information from the image compression data; means for storing the unbedded supplemental information; means for replacing the supplemental information embedded in the image compression data with a zero-run; means for reverse quantizing the zero replaced image compression data; and means for reverse orthogonal transforming the reverse quantized image compression data.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
110 words
An image decoder for decoding image compression data wherein supplemental information is embedded in place of at least a part of zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block), which is obtained by dividing image data, orthogonal transforming the divided blocks of image data and quantizing the orthogonal transformed blocks of image data, comprising: means for unbedding the supplemental information from the image compression data; means for storing the unbedded supplemental information; means for replacing the supplemental information embedded in the image compression data with a zero-run; means for reverse quantizing the zero replaced image compression data; and means for reverse orthogonal transforming the reverse quantized image compression data.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
120 words
An image decoder for decoding reversible compressed image data wherein supplemental information is embedded in place of at least a part of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block) obtained by dividing image data, orthogonal transforming the divided blocks of image data and quantizing the orthogonal transformed blocks of image data, comprising: means for reversible decoding the image compression data; means for unbedding the supplemental information from the reversible decoded image compression data; means for storing the unbedded supplemental information; means for replacing the supplemental information embedded in the image compression data with a zero-run; means for reverse quantizing the zero replaced image compression data; and means for reverse orthogonal transforming the reverse quantized image compression data.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
120 words
An image decoder for decoding reversible compressed image data wherein supplemental information is embedded in place of at least a part of a zero-run section immediately preceding an EOB (End of Block) obtained by dividing image data, orthogonal transforming the divided blocks of image data and quantizing the orthogonal transformed blocks of image data, comprising: means for reversible decoding the image compression data; means for unbedding the supplemental information from the reversible decoded image compression data; means for storing the unbedded supplemental information; means for replacing the supplemental information embedded in the image compression data with a zero-run; means for reverse quantizing the zero replaced image compression data; and means for reverse orthogonal transforming the reverse quantized image compression data.
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