Apparatus and method for controlling image quality reduction of image information
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorYuji Furuta
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Abstract
An apparatus 10 for controlling image quality reduction of image information, which is related to the present invention, has a VLD 30 for introducing a code stream input 21 thereinto of image information based on an MPEG, a reverse circuit 40 for introducing a pre-reverse level 32 thereinto from the VLD 30, and a VLC 50 for introducing a RUN 31 from the VLD 30 and an after-reverse level 42 from the reverse circuit 40, and a code stream output 51 of image information based on the MPEG is generated by the VLC 50 and is sent therefrom, and this code stream output 51 is provided for a digital copy.
Claims12
An apparatus for controlling image quality reduction of image information for reducing image quality of image information and conducting a digital copy by means of a digital information compression technology, comprising:
- a reverse section for reversing a specific code by means of a code stream of said image information, and outputting it after reducing image quality of said image information by means of reverse of one code or a plurality of codes, wherein said reverse section specifies a reverse position by means of coordinates within each unit block of image information and wherein said reverse section has a random number generator for generating a random number for designating said coordinates.
A method of controlling image quality reduction of image information for reducing image quality of image information and conducting a digital copy by means of a digital information compression technology, comprising steps of:
- reversing a specific code by means of a code stream of said image information, and outputting it after reducing image quality of said image information by means of reverse of one code or a plurality of codes, wherein said reverse step includes a step of specifying a reverse position by means of coordinates within each unit block of image information, said coordinates being designated by generating at least one random number.
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