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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2010
Applicant:
Shinji Kitamura, Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Shinji Kitamura, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/26 (2006.01); H04N 19/537 (2014.01); H04N 19/139 (2014.01); H04N 19/61 (2014.01); H04N 19/23 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/537 (2014.11); H04N 19/139 (2014.11); H04N 19/23 (2014.11); H04N 19/61 (2014.11);
Abstract
An image combining and encoding method includes steps of combining a current image and a previous image at a predetermined composition ratio on a per block basis, and generating a composite image, and sequentially encoding moving pictures of the composite image generated in the combining step. A reference image generated in the encoding step is used as the previous image in the combining step.