Patent ID: 7298909
Filing Date: 2007-11-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing method executed by an image processing apparatus which holds encoded data of an image that is segmented into tiles each formed from a plurality of logical units and can take a plurality of logical unit arrangement orders as a format of the encoded data, and transmits, to an external apparatus, data of a logical unit corresponding to a request from the external apparatus in a tile corresponding to the request, comprising: a reception step of receiving a transmission request for encoded data necessary to obtain a desired image; a determination step of determining whether an upper limit value of a data quantity of encoded data of a tile to be transmitted to the external apparatus in response to the transmission request is designated by the external apparatus; and a transmission control step of deciding, in accordance with a determination result in the determination step, a portion to be transmitted to the external apparatus out of data of logical units which form encoded data of tiles to be transmitted to the external apparatus and header data of the logical units, and transmitting the decided portion to the external apparatus, the transmission control step comprising