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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2004
Nobuo Fukushima, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Fukushima, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: an input unit for inputting a moving image signal; an extracting unit for extracting a portion of the moving image signal for a plurality of frames input by the input unit; an encoding unit for encoding the portion of the moving image signal extracted by the extracting unit using intraframe coding and interframe predictive coding; and a control unit for detecting motion of an image in an area outside the portion of the moving image signal input by the input unit and for controlling a time for performing encoding using the intraframe coding performed by the encoding unit in accordance with a result of detection of the motion.