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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2004
Wook-joong Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Myung-seok Ki, Daejeon, KR;
Kyu-heon Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Jin-woong Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Euee-seon Jang, Seoul, KR;
Sun-young Lee, Seoul, KR;
Hyun-jong OH, Seoul, KR;
Sung-won Park, Seoul, KR;
Jong-woo Won, Seoul, KR;
Wook-Joong Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Myung-Seok Ki, Daejeon, KR;
Kyu-Heon Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Jin-Woong Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Euee-Seon Jang, Seoul, KR;
Sun-Young Lee, Seoul, KR;
Hyun-Jong Oh, Seoul, KR;
Sung-Won Park, Seoul, KR;
Jong-Woo Won, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed are a system and method for encoding and decoding an image. The image compression system includes an image segmentation unit () for segmenting a first image into a plurality of sub-images; a first encoding unit () for encoding the sub-images to output sub-image bitstreams; a BMAP construction unit () for calculating the quantity of information of each sub-image bitstream and generating BMAP information using the calculated quantity of information and information on construction of each sub-image; and a bitstream combining unit () for combining the sub-image bitstreams and BMAP information.