Patent ID: 6081551
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
An image encoding apparatus wherein input image data is divided into a representative frame representative of said image data and a second frame other than said representative frame, the representative frame being stored in a first memory and the second frame being stored in a second memory comprisingsaid representative frame including a panoramic image larger than said second frame,a first encoder for obtaining a first residual frame between said representative frame stored in said first memory and said input image data,a second encoder for obtaining a second residual frame between said second frame stored in said second memory and said input image data,frame identifying information for identifying the representative frame and the second frame, respectively, appended to said first residual frame and said second residual frame,block identifying information for identifying a block in said representative frame, appended to said second residual frame, andbit streams of said first residual frame, said second residual frame, said frame identifying information and said block identifying information multiplexed together for transmission.