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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2006
Applicant:
Shunichi Ishiwata, Urayasu, JP;
Inventor:
Shunichi Ishiwata, Urayasu, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A video coding device includes: a detecting unit configured to detect a foreground region, a background image and a shadow region reflected on the background image by the foreground region in an input picture; a shadow information compressing unit configured to perform a compression process to compress the information quantity of the shadow region; and a coding unit configured to code the foreground region, the background image and the information on the shadow region subjected to the compression process.