Patent ID: 9219926
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image encoding apparatus comprising: a division unit configured to divide an image to generate a first block group including one or more blocks and a second block group adjacent to the first block group; a first encoding unit configured to encode the first block group in units of block; a second encoding unit configured to encode the second block group in units of block; and a storage unit configured to store, if a block to be encoded in the first block group is at a predetermined position, first statistical information after the first encoding unit encodes the block to be encoded at the predetermined position, wherein the storage unit, if the first block group does not include a block at the predetermined position, stores second statistical information after the first encoding unit encodes a block in the first block group at a position different from the predetermined position, and wherein the second encoding unit encodes based on the first statistical information or the second statistical information.