Patent · US Expired

Encoding apparatus, video camera

US7317837B2 · kind B2 · utility

13Cited by
3References
15Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateSep 5, 2003
Grant dateJan 8, 2008
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 17, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/61
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An encoding apparatus includes a first encoder for encoding inputted picture information at a first rate or first resolution, and a second encoder for encoding the inputted picture information at a second rate lower than the first rate or at second resolution lower than the first resolution, in which when the second encoder encodes picture information, the second encoder encodes the picture information by use of encoding information of picture information in the first encoder corresponding to the picture information, and the encoding apparatus outputs the picture information encoded by the first encoder and the second encoder, respectively, thereby the second encoder executing the encoding by using encoding information of the first encoder.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.