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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2009
Hiroki Kishi, Funabashi, JP;
Takeshi Yamazaki, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroki Kishi, Funabashi, JP;
Takeshi Yamazaki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention enables to generate encoded data without noticeable image quality degradation when reproducing an image at a lower resolution not to mention the original resolution. To accomplish this, when setting is done to transmit an image captured by a digital camera to a network, code stream forming information CF is set to '2' to arrange the encoded data of each tile in a resolution order. To suppress image quality degradation when reproducing at an intermediate resolution, stream conversion information SC is set to '2'. When encoding image data in compression processing, block overlap processing of suppressing discontinuity of data at the boundary between adjacent blocks is executed as many times as the count set in the stream conversion information. The obtained encoded data is arranged in accordance with the code stream forming information CF and output.