Patent ID: 8817873
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image coding and recording apparatus which codes and records image data based on a predetermined coding standard, said apparatus comprising: a coding unit operable to (i) code the image data on a block-by-block basis defined by the predetermined coding standard so as to generate a first coded stream, and (ii) re-code, after decoding at least one block in the first coded stream, the at least one block so as to generate a second coded stream different from the first coded stream; a recording unit operable to record the first coded stream generated by said coding unit; and a re-coding control unit operable to obtain a violation block from the first coded stream recorded by said recording unit, the violation block being a block having a coding amount exceeding a maximum coding amount defined by the predetermined coding standard, wherein said coding unit is operable to: wherein said recording unit is configured to: