Patent ID: 6680747
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image processing apparatus, comprising:(a) an inputting unit, arranged to input image data comprising a field image successively; (b) a data processor including a common field memory, image data compressor and image data expander, said data processor having a first function to remove noise of the image data by using said common field memory, and a second function to store image data of plural field images compressed by said image data compressor in said common field memory and to produce still image data by using the image data of the plural field images stored in said common field memory, wherein, when said data processor is operated by the first function, said data processor stores the image data in said common field memory without compressing the image data; said data processor composes the image data of plural field images in a compressed state on said common field memory in the second function and reads said composed image data out of said common field memory and expands them by said image data expander to generate the still image data; and c) a controller, arranged to control execution of the first function and the second function to said data processor.