IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD

The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method that can inhibit a decrease of coding efficiency.A transfer image that is a to-be-transferred image with a normal size including a downsized image obtained by size-reduction of a normal image whose image size is the normal size to a reduced size that is an image size smaller than the normal size is generated, and the generated transfer image is coded. Coded data is decoded, a transfer image that is a to-be-transferred image with a normal size including a downsized image obtained by size-reduction of a normal image whose image size is the normal size to a reduced size that is an image size smaller than the normal size is generated, and the downsized image is extracted from the generated transfer image. For example, the present disclosure can be applied to an image processing apparatus, an image coding apparatus, an image decoding apparatus, a transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus, a transmitting/receiving apparatus, an information processing apparatus, an image-capturing apparatus, a reproducing apparatus, an image processing method, or the like.