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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
Satoshi Naito, Yokohama, JP;
Saku Hiwatashi, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Naito, Yokohama, JP;
Saku Hiwatashi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image of a prescribed frame of images of respective frames is set as a target image, and an area including a prescribed pattern is detected from the target image as a specific area. An image other than the target image is set as a non-target image, and the specific area in the non-target image is predicted. The images of the respective frames are encoded so that the specific area is encoded to have higher image quality than an area other than the specific area. In encoding, the images of the respective frames are encoded so that the specific area in the non-target image is not referred to from another frame.