Method and apparatus for encoding a contour of an object by using a vertex inserting technique

摘要

A method for encoding a video signal of a contour of an object based on an iterated refinement technique determines a plurality of primary vertices on the contour; and calculates a displacement for each contour segment to produce displacements on all pairs of two adjacent primary vertices. After determining a dynamic range as a criterion for encoding pixel data on the contour based on the displacements, the method searches a larger contour segment which is a contour segment whose number of bits required to encode pixel data thereon is larger than that of the dynamic range, and inserts one or more secondary vertices on the larger contour segment based on the dynamic range.