Apparatus and method for transmit/receive of image data

A method for receiving image data, the method comprising:

• receiving a MSB packet or a LSB packet, and analyzing a header of each of the received packets to thereby ascertain information on image pixels included in the packet, wherein the receiving ascertains error correction code type information, MSB/LSB classification information, information about a position on an image frame of image pixels included in the payload of each of the packets, and sequence information of an image frame;
• extracting upper bits from the MSB packet;
• extracting lower bits from the LSB packet;
• combining the upper bits and lower bits of a corresponding combination using the ascertained information about image pixels to thereby generate pixels;
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• combining the generated pixels as image data and outputting.

An apparatus for transmitting image data, the apparatus comprising:

• a bit classification unit to classify each pixel of image data into upper bits or lower bits;
• a packet generating unit to generate a MSB packet including the upper bits and a LSB packet including the lower bits, wherein the packet generating unit inserts, into a header of the MSB packet and a header of the LSB packet, error correction code type information, MSB/LSB classification information, information about a position on an image frame of image pixels included in the payload of each of the packets, and sequence information of the image frame;
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• a communication unit to transmit the generated MSB packet and LSB packet.

An apparatus for receiving image data, the apparatus comprising:

• a communication unit to receive a MSB packet or a LSB packet;
• a packet header analyzing unit to analyze a header of the MSB packet or a header of the LSB packet to ascertain information about image pixels, wherein the packet header analyzing unit ascertains, from a header of the MSB packet or a header of the LSB packet, error correction code type information, MSB/LSB classification information, information about a position of an image frame of image pixels included in the payload of each of the packets, and sequence information of an image frame;
• a bit extracting unit to extract upper bits from the MSB packet and to extract the lower bits from the LSB packet;
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• an image pixel generating unit to combine the upper bits and lower bits of a corresponding combination using the information about the image pixels to thereby generate pixels, to combine the generated pixels as image data, and to output the combined data.