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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1997
Mitsuo Niida, Kawasaki, JP;
Tetsuya Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an image reproducing apparatus comprising a reproducing circuit for reproducing an image signal which was divided into blocks and encoded from a recording medium, a decoding circuit for decoding the image signal reproduced by the reproducing circuit, a movement detection circuit for respectively detecting and outputting movements of a plurality of blocks around a block including the image signal which cannot be decoded by the decoding circuit, and a constructing means for constructing an image signal for a block including the undecodable image signal, wherein a precision of a movement estimation of the undecodable image signal can be raised and an image which is hardly visually deteriorated can be obtained.