providing encoded signals corresponding to the encoded region, the encoded signals comprising a skip block designation, the skip block designation having been selected in accordance with {HEAD ~ a comparison} between {TAIL ~ a current region} of an original image and a reference region; and 
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providing encoded signals corresponding to the encoded region , the encoded signals comprising a skip block designation , the skip block designation having been selected in accordance with { HEAD ~ a comparison } between { TAIL ~ a current region } of an original image and a reference region ; and
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