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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shingo Ikeda, Tama, JP;
Katsumi Karasawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidenori Hoshi, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihiro Oishi, Kokubunji, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus in which an image signal is divided into blocks each comprising a plurality of pixels and a quantization and a variable length encoding are executed so that a code amount of a plurality of blocks lies within a certain range. As a plurality of blocks, the position of the block which is selected at the nth order approaches the periphery of a picture screen with an increase in value of (n).