IMAGE INFORMATION ENCODING/DECODING SYSTEM.

摘要

A BIT TRAIN (CU02) OF A PLURALITY OF CONTINUOUS PIXELS IS COMPRESSED ACCORDING TO A NEW RUN-LENGTH COMPRESSION SCHEME. IN THIS RUN-LENGTH COMPRESSION SCHEME, THE RUN INFORMATION (CUO2*) OF ONE UNIT OF COMPRESSION INCLUDES RUN-LENGTH INFORMATION INDICATING THE CONTINUOUS NUMBER OF THE SAME PIXEL DATA BLOCKS, OR THE NUMBER OF PIXELS FOLLOWED (0101 AT 3RD TO 6TH BIT OF CU02*), AND PIXEL DATA (01 AT 7TH TO 8TH BIT OF CUO2*) HAVING A TWO-BIT CONFIGURATION FOR DISCRIMINATING THREE OR MORE COLORS OF THE PIXELS.