Image processing device and method and memory medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKITAHIRO KANEDA
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Abstract
An object of the invention is to designate an image compressing system every tile. To achieve this object, an image input device is constructed by an image scanner, a film scanner, an electronic camera, etc. Image data inputted by the image input device are stored to an image memory. A discriminating circuit reads the image data from the image memory and discriminates area information of the read image every tile. A converting circuit converts the image stored to the image memory to a flashpix image on the basis of the area information discriminated by the discriminating circuit.
Claims21
An image processor for converting an input image to a format capable of changing a compressing method every each of areas having equal sizes, and comprising:
- input means for inputting the input image;
- control means for storing the input image to memory means;
- discriminating means for discriminating area information of the image stored in the memory means;
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- converting means for converting the input image to the format on the basis of discriminating results of the discriminating means.
An image processing method for converting an input image to a format capable of changing a compressing method every each of areas having equal sizes, and comprising:
- a control step for storing the input image to memory means;
- a discriminating step for discriminating area information of the image stored in the memory means;
- and
- a converting step for converting the input image to the format on the basis of discriminating results in the discriminating step.
A memory medium for storing software so as to be freely readable from outside, and the software comprising the following steps;
- a control step for storing an input image to memory means;
- a discriminating step for discriminating area information of the image stored in the memory means;
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- a converting step for converting the input image to a format capable of changing a compressing method every each of areas having equal sizes on the basis of discriminating results in the discriminating step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.