Patent ID: 8184690
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus able to encode and decode moving images, comprising: temporary storage means including a memory for temporarily storing data, encoding/decoding processing means for reading and writing data successively with respect to the temporary storage means and encoding and decoding the image data in parallel, and storage control means for controlling the read and write operations of the data with respect to the temporary storage means, wherein the storage control means controls the read and write operations with respect to the temporary storage means by the encoding/decoding processing means in the encoding processing and at least read and write operations to the temporary storage means by the encoding/decoding processing means in the decoding processing so as to be performed within one frame's worth or one field's worth of processing period in a time division manner, wherein said storage control means manages a schedule of the read and write operations with respect to said temporary storage means using a rewritable management table and rewrites said management table according to at least the type of said encoding processing and said decoding processing by said encoding/decoding processing means, the picture type being processed, and a resolution or compression rate at said encoding processing.