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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yuichi Miyano, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348468 ; 348473 ; 348586 ; 348600 ; 345144 ;
Abstract
A character image encoding/decoding apparatus is provided with an encoder for encoding character data to a sub-picture with a bit-mapped shape of monochromic character data, separately from an encoding of a main picture, a detector for detecting bit changing positions in a two-dimensional manner from the bit-mapped shape of monochromic character data; an extractor for extracting a contour of the character data; and a developer for developing the character data, the contour and a background of the character data in three domains, respectively.