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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2000
Makoto Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides an image encoding apparatus/method capable of inputting image data, quantizing the image data, variable length encoding the quantized image data, detecting the code length of the encoded image data, storing the encoded image data in a predetermined memory area of memory means, discriminating whether the detected code length exceeds the permissible memory range of the predetermined memory area, and, in case the permissible memory range is exceeded, terminating the storage operation in the memory area and continuing the encoding process and the detection process and setting the quantization parameter of the quantization process according to the result of detection of the detection process.