Methods and equipment for encoding and decoding images using regional segmentation

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding images using region segmentation. An image is divided into sub-images, and the encoding and / or decoding steps are performed on the sub-images obtained from the segmentation. The encoding and / or decoding operations on the sub-images may be performed independently. The merging and filtering steps are applied to the reconstructed sub-images created by decoding, and the reconstructed image is created after the merging and filtering process.