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Image processing apparatus and method for processing images with different scalabilites

  • US 6,650,783 B2
  • Filed: 01/14/1999
  • Issued: 11/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

  • (a) a base layer generator, arranged to generate a base layer by reducing information of input image data with a plurality of kinds of scalable factors;

    (b) an enhancement layer generator, arranged to generate a plurality of kinds of enhancement layers of different kinds of scalable factors, wherein each of the plurality of kinds of enhancement layers is generated by using both the common information of input image data and the base layer; and

    (c) an encoder, arranged to encode the base layer and the plurality of kinds of enhancement layers and to transmit the encoded base layer and the encoded plurality of kinds of enhancement layers.

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