Image processing apparatus, image processing method, medium...

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2006-11-08

2011-10-04

Ahmed, Samir (Department: 2624)

Image analysis

Image compression or coding

Pyramid, hierarchy, or tree structure

C382S195000, C382S219000, C382S276000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08031955

ABSTRACT:
An image processing apparatus includes a block setting unit that sets a block having a fixed size to inputted image data; a determining unit that determines whether or not at least a part of an image region included in the block set by the block setting unit is filled with a single pixel value; a pixel value replacing unit that replaces at least a part of the image region included in the block by a single pixel value according to a result of the determination by the determining unit; and a hierarchical process controller that instructs the block setting unit to set a broader block including plural set blocks.

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Jun. 4, 2010 Office Action issued in Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-102237 (with translation).

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