Apparatus and method of encoding and decoding image files with animation data

摘要

An apparatus and method for encoding an image file is provided. The method includes generating an animation object according to a user input; generating animation data including the animation object; generating image data that is reproducible independently from the animation data; generating an integrated image file, which includes the image data and the animation data; and storing the generated integrated image file in a memory.

主权项

1. A method of decoding an image file by a multimedia apparatus, the method comprising:
determining whether an image file retrieved from a memory is an integrated image file including image data and animation data positioned next to the image data, the animation data including a plurality of animation objects; reproducing the animation data, if the image file is the integrated image file; and reproducing the image data, if the image file is not the integrated image file, wherein the plurality of animation objects include a background object, an image object and a writing object, and the image object and the writing object are sequentially reproduced on the background object, wherein a plurality of writing points of the writing object are gradually drawn over sequential image frames based on a sequence of writing point coordinates, wherein the image data includes an image frame displaying the background object, the image object and the writing object, wherein the animation data includes values representing types of the plurality of animation objects and values representing sizes of the plurality of animation objects, and wherein the reproducing of the animation data includes: identifying, from among the plurality of animation objects, an animation object a type of which is not supported by the multimedia apparatus based on the values representing types of the plurality of animation objects, and outputting, from among the plurality of animation objects, a next animation object without outputting the identified animation object based on a size of the identified animation object.