Apparatus and method of segmenting an 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/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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An apparatus usable in an image encoding and decoding system, comprising:
- 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.
An apparatus usable in an image encoding and decoding system, comprising:
- a segmentation unit to reduce a first resolution of a first image into a second resolution as a second image, 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 increase the second resolution of the segmented second image to a third resolution as a third image to output a segmented image.
An apparatus usable in an image encoding and decoding system, comprising:
- 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;
- an encoding unit to encode the segmented image as an output image signal;
- a decoding unit to decode the output image signal as a print image signal;
- and
- a printing unit to print the print image signal on a printing medium.
An image encoding and/or decoding system, comprising
- a segmentation unit to reduce a first resolution of an image into a second resolution, to segment the image of the second resolution, and to increase the second resolution of the segmented image to a third resolution to output a segmented image.
An image encoding and/or decoding system, comprising
- a segmentation unit to segment an image of a resolution, and to adjust the resolution of the segmented image to another resolution as a segmented image.
A method of an image encoding and/or decoding system, the method comprising
- reducing a first resolution of an image into a second resolution;
- segmenting the image of the second resolution;
- and
- increasing the second resolution of the segmented image to a third resolution to output a segmented image.
A method of an image encoding and decoding system, the method comprising:
- converting a first image of a first resolution into a second image of a second resolution;
- segmenting the second image of the second resolution;
- and
- converting the segmented second image into a third image of a third resolution as a segmented image.
A method of an image encoding and decoding system, the method comprising:
- reducing a first resolution of a first image into a second resolution as a second image;
- segmenting the second image of the second resolution with one or more blocks of a binary mask layer having a foreground and a background;
- and
- increasing the second resolution of the segmented second image to a third resolution as a third image to output a segmented image.
A method of an image encoding and decoding system, the method comprising:
- converting a first image of a first resolution into a second image of a second resolution;
- segmenting the second image of the second resolution with one or more blocks of a binary mask layer having a foreground and a background;
- converting the segmented second image into a third image of a third resolution as a segmented image;
- encoding the segmented image as an output image signal;
- decoding the output image signal as a print image signal;
- and
- printing the print image signal on a printing medium.
A computer readable recording medium containing computer readable codes as a program to execute a method of an image encoding and decoding system, the method comprising:
- converting a first image of a first resolution into a second image of a second resolution;
- segmenting the second image of the second resolution;
- and
- converting the segmented second image into a third image of a third resolution as a segmented image.
A computer readable recording medium containing computer readable codes as a program to execute a method of an image encoding and decoding system, the method comprising:
- reducing a first resolution of a first image into a second resolution as a second image;
- segmenting the second image of the second resolution with one or more blocks of a binary mask layer having a foreground and a background;
- and
- increasing the second resolution of the segmented second image to a third resolution as a third image to output a segmented image.
A computer readable recording medium containing computer readable codes as a program to execute a method of an image encoding and decoding system, the method comprising:
- converting a first image of a first resolution into a second image of a second resolution;
- segmenting the second image of the second resolution with one or more blocks of a binary mask layer having a foreground and a background;
- converting the segmented second image into a third image of a third resolution as a segmented image;
- encoding the segmented image as an output image signal;
- decoding the output image signal as a print image signal;
- and
- printing the print image signal on a printing medium.
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