Patent ID: 8363953
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a characteristic region detecting section that detects a plurality of characteristic regions in an image; a condition storing section that stores thereon assignment conditions differing in accordance with characters of characteristic regions, so that different compression strengths are assigned in accordance with the characters of the characteristic regions; a compressing section that respectively compresses a plurality of characteristic region images which are images of the plurality of characteristic regions; and a compression control section that controls compression strengths at which the compressing section respectively compresses the plurality of characteristic region images, in accordance with characters of the plurality of characteristic regions, with reference to the conditions stored on the condition storing section, wherein the characteristic region detecting section detects the plurality of characteristic regions in a plurality of moving-image-component images included in a moving image, the condition storing section stores thereon the conditions differing in accordance with types of the characteristic regions, the compression control section controls the compression strengths at which the compressing section respectively compresses the plurality of characteristic region images, in accordance with types of the plurality of characteristic regions, with reference to the conditions stored on the condition storing section.