摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology for compressing image data appropriately and transmitting and receiving it, without imposing a complicated operation upon a user. <P>SOLUTION: A transmitting device compresses image data corresponding to an inputted image signal for transmission. The transmitting device determines whether an image corresponding to the image signal is a dynamic image or not, based on the content of the image signal. The image data corresponding to the image signal is compressed according to a first algorithm if the determination result is affirmative, while the image data corresponding to the image signal is compressed according to a second algorithm having a compression rate lower than the one of the first algorithm if the determination result is negative. Then, data are transmitted indicative of the compression result along with an algorithm used in the compression. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI</p> |