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Scalable video coding method and apparatus

US6275531A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 11, 1998
Grant dateAug 14, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/6377
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A video encoding method and apparatus for adapting a video input to a bandwidth of a transmission channel of a network that includes determining the number N enhancement layer bitstreams capable of being adapted to the bandwidth of the transmission channel of a network. A base layer bitstream is encoded from the video input wherein a plurality of enhancement layer bitstreams are encoded from the video input. The enhancement layer bit-streams are based on the base layer bitstream, wherein the plurality of enhancement layer bitstreams complements the base layer bitstream and the base layer bitstream and N enhancement layer bitstreams to are transmitted to the network.

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