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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1992
Tomoko Aono, Tenri, JP;
Hiroyuki Katata, Nara, JP;
Masaki Takakura, Higashi-Osaka, JP;
Yoji Noguchi, Nara, JP;
Noritoshi Kako, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image compressing apparatus forms a synthetic image from a plurality of image data. The apparatus includes a device for sorting a plurality of image data into a plurality of image types in accordance with at least one of a nature and a use of each image data, a device for selecting an image compressing method out of a plurality of predetermined various image compressing methods for each image data in accordance with the sorted image type, and a device for compressing the image data in accordance with the selected image compressing method and recording the compressed image data in a recording medium.