Apparatus for encoding and decoding information on recording medium
Patent 5287203 Issued on February 15, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date: 
January 15, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
January 15, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesMethod and apparatus for adaptive predictive encoding/decoding of multi-level picture signals Picture coding and decoding apparatus using vector quantization Picture data encoding circuit with compression responsive to the amount of stored data Patent #: 5168374 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 005112 filed on 01/15/1993US Classes:358/443, Specific signal processing circuitry358/401, Image reproduction system358/444, Memory interface358/448, Image processing358/450, Plural images combined into a single image358/451, Picture size conversion375/240.12PredictiveExaminersPrimary: Coles, Sr., Edward L.Assistant: Grant, II, Jerome Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassH04N 001/40Foreign Application Priority Data1992-01-17 JPAbstractAn image processing apparatus includes: a reading part for optically reading an image from an original image on a recording medium; a conversion part for converting the read-out image into a digital image; a first storage part for storing the digital image; an input part for inputting an instruction and a password number; an encoding part for transforming the digital image to an encoded image when an encoding process for the digital image is selected according to the instruction; a decoding part for transforming the digital image to a decoded image when a decording process for the digital image is selected according to the instruction, a second storage part for storing the encoded image in accordance with a memory address determined based on the password number when the encoding process is selected, and for storing the decoded image in accordance with the memory address determined based on the password number when the decoding process is selected, and an output part for outputting either the encoded image or the decoded image onto a recording medium so that either an image encoded from the original image or an image decoded from the encoded image is recorded. | |
