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Color image encoding method and apparatus

US5909505A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 4, 1997
Grant dateJun 1, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 4, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/30
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to an image processing apparatus having a function of encoding or decoding image data and discloses a technique for extracting an image feature, especially a thin image portion of a specific color of an image, and for encoding the thin image portion with high efficiency to minimize degradation of image quality by selecting an appropriate encoding method.

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