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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1992
Filed:
May. 25, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahide Kaneko, Kokububji, JP;
Yoshinori Hatori, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Kokusai Denshin Denwa Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382 16 ; 382-2 ; 382 25 ; 382 28 ;
Abstract
An intelligent coding system for a picture signal is disclosed, in which a feature picture representing features of a picture is produced on the basis of an input picture signal, information of the position and the shape of each element forming the picture is extracted from the feature picture and then the information thus extracted is organized concisely by a small number of parameters. According to another aspect of the present invention, consistency (or continuity) of variations in the position and the shape of each element can be held throughout a continuation of frames of motion picture signals.