US5543846A
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Motion picture encoding system
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1992-09-22
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Granted: 1996-08-06
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Expires: 2012-09-22
Abstract
Abstract In a motion picture encoding system, which permits encoding of motion picture with high encoding efficiency and also permits improvement of the picture quality, priority orders are set preliminarily to obtain encoding matched to man's sight characteristics. Preferential high picture quality encoding of a picture portion attracting attention can be obtained by setting a high priority order for that portion. An optimum combination intra- and forward, rearward and bi-directional predictive inter-frame encoding pattern can be selected for every N frames by preliminarily collecting information of a motion picture sequence to be encoded.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoichi Yagasaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 21:52
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N19/00; H04N19/50; H04N19/503; H04N19/51; H04N19/577; H04N19/10; H04N19/102; H04N19/103; H04N19/107; H04N19/60; H04N19/61
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
164 words
A motion picture encoding system for either intra-frame encoding or inter-frame encoding a motion picture which includes a sequence of frames, comprising: a first encoding means for encoding at least a portion of the motion picture by intra-frame encoding; a second encoding means for encoding at least a portion of the motion picture by inter-frame encoding, the first encoding means and the second encoding means using quantization step sizes which are selected for each frame; means for obtaining a first quantity of data from the first encoding means when it encodes a target frame using a quantization step size which was used for a preceding frame and a second quantity of data from the second encoding means when it encodes the target frame using the quantization step size which was used for a preceding frame, and means for selecting the first encoding means if the first quantity of data is less than the second quantity of data and otherwise selecting the second encoding means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
164 words
A motion picture encoding system for either intra-frame encoding or inter-frame encoding a motion picture which includes a sequence of frames, comprising: a first encoding means for encoding at least a portion of the motion picture by intra-frame encoding; a second encoding means for encoding at least a portion of the motion picture by inter-frame encoding, the first encoding means and the second encoding means using quantization step sizes which are selected for each frame; means for obtaining a first quantity of data from the first encoding means when it encodes a target frame using a quantization step size which was used for a preceding frame and a second quantity of data from the second encoding means when it encodes the target frame using the quantization step size which was used for a preceding frame, and means for selecting the first encoding means if the first quantity of data is less than the second quantity of data and otherwise selecting the second encoding means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A motion picture encoding system according to claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining the first quantity of data and the second quantity of data includes a variable length encoder.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2003-08-06 | 2004-02-05 | 2004-08-06 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2007-08-06 | 2008-02-05 | 2008-08-06 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |