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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akio Okazaki, Yokohama, JP;
Osamu Hori, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395143 ; 395141 ; 395142 ; 382 13 ; 382 23 ; 382 24 ;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for line figure encoding capable of reducing the amount of information required to be supplied and of encoding line figures correctly even when original images contain errors. In encoding the line figures, points are specified by a pointer in the vicinity of line figures to be encoded as a single connected line piece on displayed images. The line figures indicated to be a single connected line piece are extracted as the single connected line piece, and the line figures extracted as the single connected line piece are encoded as the single connected line piece.