Method and apparatus for simplifying real-time data encoding
US6408029B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 22, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jun 18, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/137
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method for encoding data is presented comprising receiving a stream of data to be encoded comprising a plurality of frames, selecting a frame-type for each of the plurality of frame, and grouping subsets of the plurality of frames based, at least in part, on the selected frame type to facilitate optimal, random access to select groups of frames, and to facilitate motion estimation.
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