IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND PRINTING DEVICE Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC G06K9/54 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: image decoding device includes a storage unit where image information is stored, a first decoder which receives first image data from the storage unit to undergo decoding, and adjacent image data for the image area near the first image data to undergo decoding, a second decoder which receives image data decoded by the first decoder, as well as additional data from the storage unit with possibility of their decoding based on decoded image data, and a decoding controller which controls the first and second decoders for periodic decoding of the first image data by the first decoder and decoding additional image data by the second decoder in parallel.

EFFECT: more efficient data processing.

7 cl, 7 dwg