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A new chain coding scheme for cursive script and line drawings

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Image Analysis Applications and Computer Graphics (ICSC 1995)

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A new chain coding scheme, called DM-like differential chain coding (DM-DCC) is proposed in this paper for coding, storage and transmission of cursive script and line drawings. Analogous to the traditional delta modulation (DM) for waveform coding, DM-DCC uses one bit which corresponds to two vector links to encode a trace segment. It offers greatly reduced coding rate, smaller encoded file size, simpler data syntax and better robustness as compared to differential chain coding (DCC) and standard chain coding (SCC) while still maintaining comparable subjective graphical qulity.

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  1. Department of Electronic Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

    H. Yuen

  2. Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, UK

    L. Hanzo

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Roland T. Chin Horace H. S. Ip Avi C. Naiman Ting-Chuen Pong

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Yuen, H., Hanzo, L. (1995). A new chain coding scheme for cursive script and line drawings. In: Chin, R.T., Ip, H.H.S., Naiman, A.C., Pong, TC. (eds) Image Analysis Applications and Computer Graphics. ICSC 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1024. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60697-1_107

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