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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2002
Noboru Yamaguchi, Yashio, JP;
Toshiaki Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Ida, Kawasaki, JP;
Takaaki Kuratate, Kobe, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A video encoding apparatus is provided with a resolution converting section, an encoding section, and a transmitting section. The resolution converting section enlarges or reduces a binary picture which represents the shape of an object. The encoding section encodes a binary picture reduced by the resolution converting section. The reduction ratio used by the resolution converting section is encoded, and the transmitting section transmits this encoded reduction ratio along with encoded data on the binary picture. The amount of encoded data produced from the encoding section is controlled by changing the enlargement/reduction ratio used by the resolution converting section.