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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2008
Jae-wook Jeon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dong-kyun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jung-uk Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seung-hun Jin, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dae-ro Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jong-hyun Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ki-hoon Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Thien-cong Pham, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jae-Wook Jeon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dong-Kyun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jung-Uk Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seung-Hun Jin, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dae-Ro Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jong-Hyun Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ki-Hoon Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Thien-Cong Pham, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed are a chain code generating apparatus and a method thereof. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the chain code generating apparatus can include an image input unit, receiving an image signal from a camera and converting the received image signal to a digital image signal, and separating a synchronizing signal from the digital image signal and outputting the synchronizing signal; an image storing unit, storing image data corresponding to an active image section of the digital image signal in units of frame based on the synchronizing signal; and a code generating unit, reading the image data stored in the image storing unit and performing an outline search of the analysis portion, and generating a chain code according to a correlation between adjacent pixels forming an outline of the analysis portion in accordance with the searched result.