VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR BILDVERARBEITUNG, UND BILDVERARBEITUNGSPROGRAMM SPEICHERNDES SPEICHERMEDIUM

摘要

Disclosed are an image processing apparatus and a method therefor, which are characterized by the input of image data, the generation of security data to protect said image data, the control of an encoding mode in accordance with said security data, and the encoding of said image data using said encoding mode that is controlled. Said image processing is performed to protect a copyright for an image. <IMAGE>