Patent ID: 6603883
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image processing apparatus comprising:an input unit arranged to input image data; a receiving unit arranged to receive external information from an external apparatus, the external information being indicative of an image reproduction condition of the external apparatus; an encoding unit having a plurality of kinds of scalability modes including at least two of a spatial scalability mode, a temporal scalability mode, and a SNR scalability mode, said encoding unit arranged to select, from among the plurality of kinds scalability modes, one kind of scalability mode on the basis of the image reproduction condition indicated by the received external information and to encode the image data with the selected scalability mode, wherein a generating processing of a base layer by said encoding unit is common to the plurality of kinds of scalability modes; and a transmission unit arranged to transmit the image data encoded by said encoding unit to the external apparatus.