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High-efficiency encoder and video information recording/reproducing apparatus
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1993-03-12
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Granted: 1996-01-30
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Expires: 2013-03-12
Abstract
Abstract In a high-efficiency encoder which performs motion-compensation prediction, an intra-field is set every n fields. The presence of a scene change is detected. When a scene change occurs, a reference picture of motion-compensation prediction is switched, or the field immediately after the scene change is set as an intra-field. In intra encoding mode, a digital video signal is encoded after dividing the digital video signal into subbands, and in predictive encoding mode, the digital video signal is encoded without dividing it into subbands.
Inventors
- 👤 Tomohiro Ueda
- 👤 Takashi Iotow
- 👤 Yoshinori Asamura
- 👤 Ken Onishi
- 👤 Hidetoshi Mishima
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US
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2026-10-25 07:36
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/79; H04N9/80; H04N9/804; H04N9/8042; G; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/02; G11B27/031; G11B27/032; G11B27/036; G11B27/10; G11B27/19; G11B27/28; H04N19/00; H04N19/10; H04N19/102; H04N19/103; H04N19/105; H04N19/114; H04N19/134; H04N19/136; H04N19/137; H04N19/142; H04N19/169; H04N19/177; H04N19/179; H04N19/42; H04N19/46; H04N19/50; H04N19/503; H04N19/51; H04N19/577; H04N19/60; H04N19/61; H04N19/85; H04N19/87; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/91; H04N5/92; H04N5/926; H04N5/9261; H04N5/9262; H04N5/9264; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/20; G11B2220/90; H04N19/107; H04N19/146; H04N19/152; H04N5/78; H04N5/782; H04N5/7824; H04N5/7826; H04N5/78263; H04N5/78266; H04N5/928; H04N9/806; H04N9/8063; H04N9/82; H04N9/83; H04N9/835; H04N9/8355
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
91 words
A video information recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising: intra mode encoding means for encoding a first portion of an input video signal and for storing the first portion of the input video signal decoded, as a reference image; predictive mode encoding means for determining and subsequently encoding a difference based upon a second portion of the input video signal and the reference image; and selection means for selecting one of the intra mode encoding means and the predictive mode encoding means for encoding the second portion of the input video signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
91 words
A video information recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising: intra mode encoding means for encoding a first portion of an input video signal and for storing the first portion of the input video signal decoded, as a reference image; predictive mode encoding means for determining and subsequently encoding a difference based upon a second portion of the input video signal and the reference image; and selection means for selecting one of the intra mode encoding means and the predictive mode encoding means for encoding the second portion of the input video signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The video information recording and reproducing apparatus of claim 1 wherein said selection means selects, for subsequent portions of the input video signal, either said intra mode encoding means or said predictive mode encoding means depending on which produces a smaller amount of data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
A video information recording/reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein encoding is performed in a field or frame of the input video signal by intra mode and predictive encoding, and fields or frames are recorded in a predetermined number of tracks.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
A video information recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein an information amount of one field or frame is not necessarily an integral multiple of an information amount which can be recorded in one track.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
59 words
A video information recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, in a plurality of fields or frames to be recorded, intra-field or intra-frame encoding is performed by the intra mode encoding means, in which interplane prediction is not used and prediction-field or prediction frame encoding is performed by the predictive mode encoding means, in which interplane prediction is used.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
A video information recording/reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein encoding is performed in a field or frame of the input video signal by intra mode and predictive mode encoding, and fields or frames are recorded in tracks selected from a predetermined number of tracks in accordance with a total data amount to be recorded.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
A video information recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein an information amount of one field or frame is not necessarily an integral multiple of an information amount which can be recorded in one track.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
59 words
A video information recording/reproducing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein, in a plurality of fields or frames to be recorded, intra-field or intra-frame encoding is performed by the intra mode encoding means, in which interplane prediction is not used and prediction-field or prediction frame encoding is performed by the predictive mode encoding means, in which interplane prediction is used.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
47 words
The video information recording and reproducing apparatus of claim 1, wherein every n fields or n frames of the input video signal form a group and said selection means ensures that a head field or frame in each group is encoded by said intra mode encoding means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
49 words
The video information recording and reproducing apparatus of claim 9, wherein every n fields or n frames of the input video signal form a group and said selection means ensures that fields or frames excluding a head field in each group are encoded by said intra mode encoding means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
63 words
The video information recording and reproducing apparatus of claim 10, wherein the predictive mode encoding means includes, motion compensation means for forming a predicted image from the n fields or n frames of the input video signal and the reference image, with the difference being determined based upon the received next field or frame of the input video signal and the predicted image.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
The video information recording and reproducing apparatus of claim 11, wherein the motion compensation means further outputs motion vectors indicative of motion between the next field or frame of the input video signal and the reference image, along with the predicted image.
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