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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shingo Nozawa, Tokyo, JP;
Taizo Hori, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/66 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/66 ;
Abstract
There are provided an image processing apparatus and its method, in which a first image signal and a second image signal whose resolution is higher than that of the first image signal is selectively inputted, a low frequency component and a high frequency component are separated from the second image signal, the first image signal or an image signal of the separated low frequency component is encoded, and an image signal of the separated high frequency component is encoded.