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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2010
Applicants:
Takahiro Fukuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsutoshi Ando, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus and method for image coding may group code units corresponding to an image based on a same at least one parameter of each of the code units. Each group of code units which is grouped includes code units of which values of the same at least one parameter are the same. In addition, the code units of each group of code units which is grouped are entropy coded in parallel.