Patent ID: 7692669
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing method for extracting a plurality of rectangular areas from image data, compressing an image included in each area, and giving an attribute of the area to the compressed image, the image processing method comprising: a data receiving step of receiving image data by an input image processing circuit of an image processing device; a first calculation step of calculating by a calculator a first number that is a total number of pixels included in areas of the image data sharing a common attribute; a second calculation step of calculating by the calculator a second number that is a number of pixels included in an integration area that is a rectangular area including the areas of the image data sharing the common attribute; a judging step of judging by a judging unit, based on the first number and the second number, whether or not to integrate the areas of the image data sharing the common attribute into the integration area; and an integration step of integrating by an integration unit the areas of the image data sharing the common attribute if the judging step judges affirmatively.