Apparatus and method of segmenting an image and/or receiving a signal representing the segmented image in an image coding and/or decoding system
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyung-Soo Ohk, Jonghyon Yi, Charles A. Bouman, Eri Haneda
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Abstract
An apparatus usable in an image encoding and decoding system includes segmentation unit to divide an image into one or more blocks, to segment the blocks into a binary mask layer of a foreground and a background according to a cost optimized function and a feature vector to generate a segmentation image according to the segmented blocks.
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An apparatus usable in an image encoding and decoding system, comprising:
- a segmentation unit to divide an image into one or more blocks, to segment the blocks of the image into a binary mask layer of a foreground and a background according to a cost optimized function and a feature vector of the respective blocks, so as to generate an segmentation image.
An apparatus usable in an image encoding and decoding system, comprising:
- a segmentation unit to divide an image into one or more blocks, to segment the blocks into a binary mask layer of a foreground and a background according to a cost optimized function, so as to generate a segmentation image according to the segmented blocks.
An apparatus usable in an image encoding and decoding system, comprising:
- a segmentation unit to divide an image into one or more blocks, to segment the blocks into a binary mask layer of a foreground and a background according to a feature vector of the respective blocks, so as to generate a segmentation image according to the segmented blocks.
An apparatus usable in an image encoding and decoding system, comprising:
- a decoding unit to decode an image signal encoded from a segmentation image according to a cost function and a feature vector, so as to generate a decoded image.
An apparatus usable in an image encoding and decoding system, comprising:
- a segmentation unit to divide an image into one or more blocks, to segment the blocks into a binary mask layer of a foreground and a background according to a cost optimized function and a feature vector of the respective blocks, so as to generate a segmentation image according to the segmented blocks;
- and
- a decoding unit to decode a signal corresponding to the segmentation image formed according to the cost function and the feature vector of the blocks of the image, so as to generate a decoded image.
A method of an image encoding and decoding system, comprising:
- dividing an image into one or more blocks;
- and
- segmenting the blocks into a binary mask layer of a foreground and a background according to a cost optimized function and a feature vector, so as to generate a segmentation image according to the segmented blocks.
A method of an image encoding and decoding system, comprising:
- dividing an image into one or more blocks;
- and
- segmenting the blocks into a binary mask layer of a foreground and a background according to a cost optimized function, so as to generate a segmentation image as a final binary mask layer according to the segmented blocks.
A method of an image encoding and decoding system, comprising:
- dividing an image into one or more blocks;
- and
- segmenting the blocks into a binary mask layer of a foreground and a background according to a feature vector of the respective blocks, so as to generate a segmentation image as a final binary mask layer according to the segmented blocks.
A method of an image encoding and decoding system, comprising
- decoding an image signal encoded from a segmented image according to a cost function and a feature vector of blocks divided from an image, so as to generate a decoded image;
- and
- printing the decoded image on a sheet of paper.
A method of an image encoding and decoding system, comprising
- dividing an image into one or more blocks;
- segmenting the blocks into a binary mask layer of a foreground and a background according to a cost optimized function and a feature vector, so as to generate a segmentation image according to the segmented blocks;
- and
- decoding a signal corresponding to the segmentation image of the segmented blocks according to the cost function and the feature vector of the blocks divided from the image, so as to generate a decoded image.
A computer readable recoding medium containing computer readable codes as a program to execute a method of an image encoding and decoding system, the method comprising:
- dividing an image into one or more blocks;
- and
- segmenting the blocks into a binary mask layer of a foreground and a background according to a cost optimized function and a feature vector of the respective blocks, so as to generate a segmentation image according to the segmented blocks.
A computer readable recoding medium containing computer readable codes as a program to execute a method of an image encoding and decoding system, the method comprising:
- dividing an image into one or more blocks;
- and
- segmenting the blocks into a binary mask layer of a foreground and a background according to a cost optimized function, so as to generate a segmentation image according to the segmented blocks.
A computer readable recoding medium containing computer readable codes as a program to execute a method of an image encoding and decoding system, the method comprising:
- dividing an image into one or more blocks;
- and
- segmenting the blocks into a binary mask layer of a foreground and a background according to a feature vector so as to generate a segmentation image according to the segmented blocks.
A computer readable recoding medium containing computer readable codes as a program to execute a method of an image encoding and decoding system, the method comprising:
- decoding an image signal encoded from a segmentation image of the segmented blocks according to a cost function and a feature vector, so as to generate a decoded image;
- and
- printing the decoded image on a sheet of paper.
A computer readable recoding medium containing computer readable codes as a program to execute a method of an image encoding and decoding system, the method comprising:
- dividing an image into one or more blocks;
- segmenting the blocks into a binary mask layer of a foreground and a background according to a cost optimized function and a feature vector of the respective blocks, so as to generate a segmentation image according to the segmented blocks;
- and
- decoding a signal corresponding to the segmentation image formed from the segmented blocks according to the cost function and the feature vector, so as to generate a decoded image.
An apparatus usable in an image encoding and decoding system, comprising:
- a segmentation unit to divide an image into one or more blocks, to segment and adjust pixel data of the blocks into a binary mask layer of a foreground and a background according to the number of mismatches of the adjacent blocks, so as to generate a segmentation image according to the segmented blocks.
An apparatus usable in an image encoding and decoding system, comprising:
- a segmentation unit to divide an image into one or more blocks, to segment the blocks into a binary mask layer of a foreground and a background according to a feature vector of the respective blocks, so as to generate a segmentation image according to the segmented blocks.
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