Patents Examined by Josel L. Couso
  • Method and apparatus for encoding a contour image in a video signal
    Patent number: 5870501
    Abstract: A contour image coding method divides a video frame into a multiplicity of blocks and detects contour blocks and determines a plurality of vertices on each contour segment included in each contour block and codes the contour image based on the vertices on each contour segment for each contour block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Daewoo Electronics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jin-Hun Kim