Apparatus and method of segmenting an image in an image coding and/or decoding system
US8254680B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 24, 2007 |
| Grant date | Aug 28, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V30/10
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus usable in an image encoding and/or decoding system includes a segmentation unit to convert a first image of a first resolution into a second image of a second resolution, to segment the second image of the second resolution with one or more blocks of a binary mask layer having a foreground and a background, and to convert the segmented second image into a third image of a third resolution as a segmented image.
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