IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND PROGRAM

• Main Authors: TSUKAHARA HITOSHI, MINAMIDA SOSUKE, NISHIKAWA HIROBUMI, KUDO DAIKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.10.2013
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image encoding device which cuts back the calculation amount necessary to determine a block size and also can determine a block size more suitable for images than ever.SOLUTION: An image reduction unit 11 shrinks a baseband image to generate a 1/4-shrunk image. A...