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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Togita, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a dividing unit which divides image data to be encoded into a plurality of tiles, a converting unit which generates a plurality of sub-bands by a frequency transform on the divided tiles, a quantizing unit which quantizes the generated sub-bands by either (1) a first method of quantizing by identical quantization parameters in relation to identical sub-bands of a plurality of tiles, or (2) a second method of quantizing by quantization parameters set individually for each tile in relation to identical sub-bands of a plurality of tiles, an encoding unit which encodes data obtained by the quantizing, and a control unit which switches, in accordance with a target data amount of the image data to be encoded, whether to quantize by the first method or to quantize by the second method.
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