Image compression with tile alignment
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1. An image compression apparatus, comprising:
- a tile size determiner that determines a size of a rectangular tile for each component of a still image having a plurality of components, said size being determined arbitrarily;
an image divider that divides the still image using the rectangular tiles, the sizes of said rectangular tiles being determined by said tile size determiner; and
an image compression processor that performs a compression process on the still image divided by said image divider,wherein the tile size determiner includes a part that determines borders of the rectangular tiles for each of the components such that the borders do not overlap with a horizontal line and a vertical line included in the still image.
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Abstract
An image compression apparatus includes a tile size determiner, an image divider and an image compression processor. The tile size determiner determines an arbitrary size of a rectangular tile for each component of a still image having a plurality of components. The image divider divides the image using the rectangular tiles the sizes of which are determined by the tile size determiner. The image compression processor performs an irreversible compression process on the image divided by said image divider.
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20 Claims
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1. An image compression apparatus, comprising:
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a tile size determiner that determines a size of a rectangular tile for each component of a still image having a plurality of components, said size being determined arbitrarily; an image divider that divides the still image using the rectangular tiles, the sizes of said rectangular tiles being determined by said tile size determiner; and an image compression processor that performs a compression process on the still image divided by said image divider, wherein the tile size determiner includes a part that determines borders of the rectangular tiles for each of the components such that the borders do not overlap with a horizontal line and a vertical line included in the still image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An image compression apparatus, comprising:
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a tile size determiner that determines a size of a rectangular tile for each component of a still image having a plurality of components, said size being determined arbitrarily; an image divider that divides the still image using the rectangular tiles, the sizes of said rectangular tiles being determined by said tile size determiner; and an image compression processor that performs a compression process on the still image divided by said image divider, wherein the tile size determiner includes a part that determines borders of the rectangular tiles such that the borders of at least one of the components do not match a horizontal line and a vertical line included in the still image. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An image compression apparatus, comprising:
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a tile size determiner that determines a size of a rectangular tile for each component of a still image having a plurality of components, said size being determined arbitrarily; an image divider that divides the still image using the rectangular tiles, the sizes of said rectangular tiles being determined by said tile size determiner; and an image compression processor that performs a compression process on the still image divided by said image divider, wherein the plurality of components include a R (red) component, a G (green) component and a B (blue) component, and the tile size determiner includes a part that determines borders of the rectangular tiles such that at least the borders of the rectangular tiles in the G component do not match a horizontal line and a vertical line included in the still image. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An image compression apparatus, comprising:
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a tile size determiner that determines a size of a rectangular tile for each component of a still image having a plurality of components, said size being determined arbitrarily; an image divider that divides the still image using the rectangular tiles, the sizes of said rectangular tiles being determined by said tile size determiner; and an image compression processor that performs an irreversible compression process on the still image divided by said image divider, wherein the plurality of components include a Y component, a U component and a Y component, and the tile size determiner includes a part that determines borders of the rectangular tiles such that at least the borders of the rectangular tiles in the Y component do not match a horizontal line and a vertical line included in the still image. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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