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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2007
Fumio Nagasaka, Ueda, JP;
Fumio Nagasaka, Ueda, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image transmission apparatus comprises an outline extraction processor, a selector, and a transmission module. The outline extraction processor extracts an outline of a specific-type image element in each of the image frames and to create outline data, based on image data representing the image frames. The selector selects the image data or the outline data for each image frame for transmission to an external receiving device. An image processing apparatus in another embodiment comprises an outline extraction processor, a scene change determination module, and a clipping processor. The scene change determination module determines that a scene change is occurred between two image frames when an amount of change between the outlines in the two image frames exceeds a prescribed threshold value. The clipping processor creates clipped motion picture data representing multiple image clips which are obtained by dividing the motion picture between two image frames when the determination that a scene change has occurred between the two image frames is made.