Patent ID: 6671411
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
An image encoding apparatus comprising:a) input means for inputting image data; b) quantization means for quantizing the image data; c) encoding means for variable length encoding the image data quantized by said quantization means; d) detection means for detecting the code length of the image data encoded by said encoding means; e) memory means for storing, in a predetermined memory area, the image data encoded by said encoding means; f) discrimination means for discriminating whether the code length detected by said detection means exceeds the permissible memory range of the predetermined memory area; and g) control means adapted, in case said discrimination means identifies that the permissible memory range is exceeded, to terminate the storage operation of said memory means and to continue with the encoding process of said encoding means and the detecting process of said detection means and to set the quantization parameter of said quantization means according to the output of said detection means.