Patent ID: 6831950
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method of encoding a first sequence [SQ1] of data blocks [DB1-*] and a second sequence [SQ2] of data blocks [DB2-*] that is correlated with the first sequence [SQ1] of data blocks [DB1-*], the method comprising the step of encoding the first sequence [SQ1] of data blocks [DB1-*] in such a manner that certain data blocks serve as a reference [REF] for predictively encoding [PE] the other data blocks in the first sequence [SQ1], characterized in that the method comprises the step of encoding the second sequence [SQ2] of data blocks [DB2-*] in such a manner that all data blocks [DB2-*] are predictively encoded [PE] with respect to those data blocks in the first sequence [SQ1] which serve as a reference [REF].