An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive image data of program content and genre information relating to the program content, a selection unit configured to select a size selection parameter for causing the genre information received by the receiving unit to be reflected in a block size, a determination unit configured to determine a block size in accordance with the size selection parameter selected by the selection unit, the block size being used for orthogonal transformation, and an orthogonal transformation unit configured to perform orthogonal transformation on the image data received by the receiving unit at the block size determined by the determination unit.

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›1.independentAn image processing apparatus comprising:na receiving unit configured to receive image data of program content and genre information relating to the p…+18

›2.↳ 1The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit selects the block size by comparing an index value indicating a fe…d2+17

›3.↳ 2The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the index value is a variance value indicating variance of units of encoding.d3+16

›4.↳ 3The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the determination unit preferentially uses a predetermined first block size as the block …d4+9

›5.↳ 4The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the determination unit preferentially uses the second block size as the block size used f…d5

›6.↳ 4The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the determination unit preferentially uses the first block size as the block size used fo…d5+7

›7.↳ 6The image processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the determination unit preferentially uses the first block size as the block size used fo…d6+6

›8.↳ 7The image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the determination unit preferentially uses the first block size as the block size used fo…d7+5

›9.↳ 8The image processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the determination unit preferentially uses the first block size as the block size used fo…d8+4

›13.↳ 3The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the receiving unit receives event information that describes the program content, andnwhe…d4+5

›14.↳ 13The image processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the receiving unit receives broadcast station information indicating a broadcast station…d5+2

›17.↳ 13The image processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the receiving unit receives time information indicating a current time, andnwherein the …d5+1

›20.independentAn image processing method comprising the steps of:nreceiving image data of program content and genre information relating to the program content;sele…

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section G — Physics

G06K9/66
G06K9/46
G06K9/36

USPC · US Patent Classification

382/248382/239382/190

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