Patent ID: 7139099

Claim:
An image processing device for outputting a color image of predetermined resolution, comprising: an image decoding part which receives image data including color information corresponding to a unit of plural pixels at the predetermined resolution and tag information indicative of a pixel position for each pixel in the unit and whether color information is assigned to each pixel in the unit at the predetermined resolution, and decodes the image data into a color image of the predetermined resolution by assigning the color information to a pixel in the unit in accordance with the tag information, wherein the image decoding part assigns color information of a peripheral unit of pixels to a pixel in the unit, wherein the image data further includes reference position information for selecting a peripheral unit of pixels which is referred to with respect to a pixel in the unit whose color information is not assigned by the tag information, and the image decoding part assigns the color information of the peripheral unit of pixels selected in accordance with the reference position information.