Patent ID: 7339583

Claim:
A computer graphics data coding apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of computer graphics data items; a pre-process unit configured to pre-process the acquired computer graphics data items; a code-number controlling/coding unit configured to subject the pre-processed computer graphics data items to a process for controlling number of codes to be finally output, to generate a plurality of codes; an accumulation unit configured to accumulate a plurality of parts to be subjected to entropy coding, which are contained in the generated codes; a calculation unit configured to calculate entropy information based on the accumulated parts, and generate a plurality of code words based on the entropy information, the entropy information indicating an amount of entropy; an entropy coding unit configured to subject the generated codes to entropy coding based on the generated code words, to generate a plurality of entropy codes; an extraction unit configured to extract, from the entropy information, minimum information for decoding; an extracted-information coding unit configured to code the minimum information in order to reduce an amount of the minimum information; and an output unit configured to output the entropy codes and the coded minimum information.