Patent ID: 6990240
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit, adapted to produce image data by photographing an image; a first storage unit, adapted to store image data obtained by said image pickup unit; a compression unit, adapted to compress the image data in units of n lines; a size reduction unit, adapted to reduce the size of the image data stored in said first storage unit; an image supply unit, adapted to supply the image data stored in said first storage unit to said compression unit and said size reduction unit in parallel without reducing the size of the image data; and a second storage unit, adapted to store the size-reduced image data obtained by said size reduction unit, wherein, so as to input and compress the image data not reduced and to temporarily input and compress the size-reduced image data of the n lines when the storage of the size-reduced image data of the n lines into said second storage unit ends, said compression unit switches the two inputs.