Patent ID: 6678420
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image processing method of carrying out processing, upon progressive transfer of hierarchically stored image data at each hierarchical level, on hierarchical data to be transferred progressively and/or on image data having been transferred; said image data being transferred for processing based on the content of the image data; said content of the image data deriving from at least one of: hierarchical image data transferred earlier than hierarchical image data at a highest resolution to be transferred last, and hierarchical image data representing an image at a resolution higher than that of said hierarchical image data transferred earlier than hierarchical image data at a highest resolution to be transferred last;the image processing method comprising the steps of: determination of the content of processing to be carried out, based on: hierarchical data at a predetermined intermediate hierarchical level out of the hierarchical data at each level transferred progressively, on hierarchical data to be transferred after the hierarchical data at the intermediate level, and/or on the image data having been transferred, and carrying out processing on the hierarchical data to be transferred and/or on the image data having been transferred, based on the determined content of the processing.