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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2001
Applicants:
Mitsuru Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Ohira, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Mitsuru Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Ohira, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K009/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus for encoding an image which contains a region to be encoded to have higher image quality than the surrounding portions, has detection means () for detecting a quantization step from a bitstream of the image encoded in a first stage, quantization step control means () for controlling the detected quantization step, and selection means () for encoding the image in a second stage using the controlled quantization step, and selecting one of the images encoded in the first and second stages.