Patent ID: 9020284
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image encoding apparatus for encoding image data, the image encoding apparatus comprising: a syntax element generating section for generating syntax elements from the image data; an intermediate data generating section for generating intermediate data from the syntax elements; a plurality of entropy encoding sections for generating bit streams by entropy-encoding the intermediate data; a multiplexing section for multiplexing a plurality of the encoded bit streams into one bit stream; and an encoding control section for writing the intermediate data output from the intermediate data generating section to a memory, reading the intermediate data from the memory, and supplying the intermediate data to any of the entropy encoding sections, wherein the encoding control section determines an entropy encoding section that performs an entropy encoding process by a frame in accordance with processing status of each of the entropy encoding sections, reads the intermediate data of a corresponding frame from the memory, and supplies the intermediate data of the corresponding frame to the determined entropy encoding section, and the determined entropy encoding section entropy-encodes all the intermediate data of the corresponding frame, and other entropy encoding section does not entropy-encode the intermediate data of the frame concerned.