The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Koji Okawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Saku Hiwatashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/00 (2014.01); H04N 19/124 (2014.01); H04N 19/14 (2014.01); H04N 19/154 (2014.01); H04N 19/176 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/0009 (2013.01); H04N 19/124 (2014.11); H04N 19/154 (2014.11); H04N 19/176 (2014.11); H04N 19/14 (2014.11);
Abstract
An image encoding apparatus includes an encoding unit which encodes an input image of a block, a calculating unit which calculates a plurality of evaluation values for the block, an identifying unit which generates identification information by comparing a plurality of evaluation values calculated by the calculating unit with a plurality of threshold values, and a controller which controls a quantization parameter on the basis of the identification information identified by the identifying unit.