Patent ID: 6766059
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
An image processing apparatus for processing an image signal of a plurality of continuous frames, comprising:inputting means for inputting an encoded result including at least a front accumulated image, a rear accumulated image, and a prediction information; extracting means for extracting the front accumulated image, the rear accumulated image, and the prediction information from said encoded result; wherein said prediction information is information for predicting the foregrounds of each frame according to the front accumulated image obtained based on a plurality of continuous frames by viewing the plurality of subsequent continuous frames in a time-progress direction of the plurality of continuous frames in a condition in which positioning has been applied to backgrounds of the image signal of the plurality of continuous frames and foregrounds of the image signal are overlapped, and a rear accumulated image obtained based on a plurality of continuous frames by viewing the plurality of prior continuous frames in the time-progress direction of the plurality of continuous frames in the condition in which positioning has been applied to the backgrounds of the image signal of the plurality of continuous frames and the foregrounds of the image signal are overlapped; and decoding means for decoding the image signal of said each frame according to the front accumulated image, the rear accumulated image, and the prediction information.