MPEG-4 encoder using H.263 multimedia chip
US7356080B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 6, 2003 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 9, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/91
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An MPEG-4 encoder utilizing an H.263 multimedia chip. The MPEG-4 encoder includes a DC (Direct Current) predictor for predicting a DC component of the image frame encoded by an H.263 standard upon receiving a prescribed MPEG-4 quantization value, and an MPEG-4 reconstruction image memory for converting the H.263 reconstruction image into an MPEG-4 reconstruction image, and storing the MPEG-4 reconstruction image. The MPEG-4 encoder removes spatial redundancy from source image data entered in frame units using a prescribed H.263 quantization value, predicts a DC component of an image frame having no spatial redundancy using a prescribed MPEG-4 quantization value, performs a VLC (Variable Length Coding) process on the image frame using the predicted DC component, and outputs the VLC-processed image frame in the form of an MPEG-4 bit stream. The MPEG-4 encoder reconstructs the image frame having no spatial redundancy, stores the reconstructed image frame, converts the reconstructed image frame into an MPEG-4 frame, stores the MPEG-4 frame, compares the stored image frame with a newly-entered next frame, and removes temporal redundancy according to a result of the comparison.
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