摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and apparatus for video image pruning.SOLUTION: The apparatus includes data pruning means 110 for preprocessing a picture prior to, and in preparation for, compression by encoding. The data pruning means selectively removes, in the spatial domain, at least one region within the picture. At a decoder side, the apparatus includes data restoration means 140 for receiving a decompressed picture subsequent to decompression by decoding, and post-processing the decompressed picture by selectively restoring, in the spatial domain, at least one region in the decompressed picture on the basis of information indicating the removal of the at least one region prior to a previously performed encoding process. |