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Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2012
Applicant:

Hiroshi Arai, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventor:

Hiroshi Arai, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An encoder includes: an image decomposition unit configured to input an image and decompose the input image into a first component capable of being used as a monitoring image and a second component other than the first component by frequency decomposition, the input image being restored by coupling the first component and the second component to each other; a first transmission unit configured to output the decomposed first component as a first-channel transmission image; a compression coding unit configured to compression-code the second component; and a second transmission unit configured to output the compression-coded second component as a second-channel transmission image.


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