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Rate control for a video encoder

US5717464A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Filing dateDec 18, 1995
Grant dateFeb 10, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/50
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Successive frames in a video sequence are encoded by a video encoder. The bits are apportioned among successive frames to maximize overall perceived video quality when the encoded video sequence is decoded and displayed. The ongoing allocation process is constrained by the need to avoid decoder buffer exception, i.e., buffer underflow and overflow conditions, at the decoder.

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