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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Katata, Chiba, JP;
Hiroshi Kusao, Chiba, JP;
Tomoko Aono, Chiba, JP;
Norio Ito, Chiba, JP;
Shuichi Watanabe, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ; G06K 9/46 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ; G06K 9/46 ;
Abstract
An image coding apparatus inputs pixel data of a part image of high resolution. An upper layer coding portion ( ), a second shape data generating portion ( ), and a second shape data coding portion ( ) perform coding of shape data and pixel data in the upper layer. A down sampling portion ( ) generates pixel data of low resolution. A lower layer coding portion ( ), a first shape data generating portion ( ), and a first shape data coding portion ( ) code shape data and pixel data in the lower layer.