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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2011
Applicants:
Takahiro Fukuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Kiya, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takahiro Fukuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Kiya, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided an image processing apparatus which includes a division unit dividing an image into a plurality of images in a bit depth direction, and an encoding unit encoding respectively some or all of the plurality of images acquired by dividing the image in the bit depth direction by the division unit.