Patent ID: 8577096
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image encoding apparatus for dividing an image into two or more rectangle regions and encoding image data in each rectangle region, comprising: a region detector that detects one or more specific region in image data; a tile divider that determines positions of a vertical line and a horizontal line as boundaries to divide said image into a plurality of tiles whose size are variable and which have the same height in the same row and the same width in the same column, in accordance with coordinates of each rectangle region including each specific region detected by said region detector; and an encoder that divides said image data in accordance with the horizontal and vertical lines set by said tile divider and encodes a partial image in each divided region as said tile, wherein, if said region detector detects specific regions more than a predetermined number, said tile divider divides said image into the plurality of tiles in accordance with coordinates of rectangle regions of only N specific regions among the detected specific regions, where N is determined in accordance with a predetermined condition.