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Sequence adaptive bit allocation for pictures encoding

US6982762B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 30, 1998
Grant dateJan 3, 2006
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Expiry dateMay 30, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/152
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for encoding pictures of a moving pictures sequence according to an overall target bit-rate, such as in a MPEG video encoder. Each picture has an assigned picture coding type for which a quality factor is adaptively determined according to past bit usages, so that bits can be adaptively allocated amongst picture types for optimizing visual quality of the encoded pictures.

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