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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2003
Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Akio Matsubara, Kanagawa, JP;
Nekka Matsuura, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Miyazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Nomizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Shinkai, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanori Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Kodama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Nishimura, Tottori, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Akio Matsubara, Kanagawa, JP;
Nekka Matsuura, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Miyazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Nomizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Shinkai, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanori Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Kodama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Nishimura, Tottori, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for coding and decoding includes a decoding unit which decodes compressed and coded data to restore original image data, a storing unit which stores additional information other than the image data in memory, and a coding unit which encodes at least a portion of the additional information stored in said memory as information additional to the image data when performing second-time encoding of the image data decoded by said decoding unit.