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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2003
Akihiko Ohtani, Mino, JP;
Yasushi Tanaka, Kadoma, JP;
Akihiro Watabe, Kashiba, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image coding apparatus includes a coding unitfor generating a code A, a coding unitfor generating a code B, an image reproduction unitan image reproduction memoryand a motion vector detection unitThe motion vector detection unitdetects a motion vector using an image in the image reproduction memorywhereby the coding unitgenerates the code A, while the image reproduction unitreconstructs an image on the basis of output from the coding unitand stores the image in the image reproduction memoryIn the operation for generating the code B, the coding unitis employed as a coding unit for generating the code B, while commonly employing the image reproduction memorythe motion vector detection unitand the image reproduction unitas employed in the generation operation for code A.