Terminal and method for transporting a still picture uses a moving picture
terminal after extraction of a frame unit of still pictures, for example, from
a moving picture. The extracted still picture frames can be encoded in a fixed
quantizing value and stored before transmission, or the stored frame unit still
pictures can be encoded in a fixed quantizing value using an overflow control technique
or circuit. Further, the extracted still picture frame unit can be repeatedly sent
using a varied quantizing value before transmission. Thus, the terminal and method
for transporting a still picture permits transmission/reception of the still picture
at a higher resolution than a moving picture regardless of time and place to enhance
use of the moving picture terminal.