Patent ID: 7433523
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An image browsing device browsing an image stored in an image data source, the device comprising: a coded-data-for-display acquisition unit to acquire coded data used for display of the image from the image data source; a display processing unit to decode/extend the acquired coded data used for the display, and display the image on a display unit; a user interface unit to provide a user interface for a user to input a direction for saving the image displayed on the display unit; a coded-data-for-saving acquisition unit to acquire coded data for the saving of the image directed by the user from the image data source, wherein the coded-data-for-saving acquisition unit additionally acquires coded data equivalent to a difference between the coded data for the saving and the coded data used for the display from the image data source, and synthesizes the coded data for the saving from the additionally acquired coded data and the coded data used for the display; and a saving unit to save the acquired coded data for the saving in a storage unit.