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Image coding/decoding apparatus

US5929912A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 24, 1996
Grant dateJul 27, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/20
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image coding/decoding apparatus offers a visually high quality image at a very low bit rate. The image is divided into images for individual regions using its shape information. Each region is made into rectangle blocks by an extrapolating process, whereby each region can be sub-band coded. Finally, multiple extrapolated images which were formed by the extrapolating process, are appropriately coded or quantized.

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