Patent ID: 7440623
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A real-time contents editing method for editing a large number of images, including live images or voices which are present in a dispersed fashion on the Internet, and distributing the edited images or voices to a plurality of users, the method comprising: providing a plurality of video cameras each serving as an input device, a plurality of distribution modules each adapted to code an input image taken by a corresponding video camera, by use of a coding standard which enables coding while selecting one of a plurality of coding algorithms and to distribute the coded input image, a plurality of receiving modules each adapted to receive and display the image or voice distributed from the distribution modules, and at least one editing module that requests the distribution modules to distribute the image or voice to the receiving modules; determining the performance level of a machine to be used through measurement, in the system, of a time required for coding of a video object plane (VOP); and causing each distribution module to change, in accordance with the performance level, a kind and use frequency of a video object plane (VOP) to be used, to thereby select a coding algorithm which enables highly efficient compression.