Video encoding apparatus and method and video decoding apparatus and method
US8331433B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/61
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A video encoding apparatus and method and a video decoding apparatus and method are provided. The video encoding apparatus includes a base layer encoding unit generating a base layer bitstream including a quantization level of video data and a base quantization parameter corresponding to a base bit-depth, an enhancement layer encoding unit generating an enhancement layer bitstream including a refined quantization parameter for refining the difference between an extended bit-depth and the base bit-depth, and a bitstream combining unit combining the base layer bitstream and the enhancement layer bitstream to generate the scalable bitstream. The video decoding apparatus includes a base layer decoding unit decoding a base layer bitstream including a quantization level of video data and a base quantization parameter corresponding to a base bit-depth in a received bitstream to obtain a base restoration image, an enhancement layer decoding unit decoding an enhancement layer bitstream including a refined quantization parameter for refining the difference between an extended bit-depth and the base bit-depth in the received bitstream, and a bit-depth restoration unit obtaining an extended re…
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