To achieve an image encoding apparatus that has extensibility by not limiting an image to
be referenced, and that can reduce processing time satisfactorily if the processing of an …

A video encoding method and apparatus and a video decoding method and apparatus. In
the video encoding method, a first predicted coding unit of a current coding unit that is to be …

Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding a video by using block merging and a
method and apparatus for decoding a video by using block merging. The method of …

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(57) ABSTRACT A video encoding method and apparatus and a video decod ing method
and apparatus. In the video encoding method, a first predicted coding unit of a current …

A device or method for video compression uses a technique in which changes in the image
are encoded by motions of block of the image and signals indicating evolutions in the block …

(57) ABSTRACT A Segmenting Section divides an input image into a plurality of Segments.
A hierarchizing Section determines classes of the respective Segments according to a …

An alpha-map encoding apparatus includes a first down-sampling circuit for down-sampling
an alpha-map signal which represents the shape of an object and the position in the frame …