Patent ID: 7031532
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A picture encoding apparatus comprising: an object region detector configured to receive a binary picture signal of a whole picture including an object and a background surrounding the object, the binary picture signal discriminating between the object and the background in accordance with information representing whether a value of the binary picture signal is 0, and configured to detect a rectangular object region containing the object and a part of the background surrounding the object from the whole picture to obtain a binary picture signal of the rectangular object region and a position of the rectangular object region and a size thereof; an encoder configured to encode the binary picture signal of the rectangular object region and the position and size of the rectangular object region, and configured to output coded binary picture data and coded position/size data; and a multiplexer configured to multiplex the coded binary picture data and the coded position/size data.