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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masato Kosugi, Machida, JP;
Taku Yamagami, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382246 ; 358404 ; 358426 ; 3589091 ;
Abstract
An image coding apparatus which includes a first means for fixing or limiting quantity of code produced by compressively coding a given image data, independent of the image, a second means for conducting variable length compression of which quantity of code produced varies according to the image, and a selection means for selecting the first and second means.