Patent ID: 6137838
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A video encoding apparatus for variable length encoding video data into encoded data, and for supplying said encoded data in bitstream form, said video encoding apparatus comprising:(a) storage means for storing said encoded data;(b) encoder means for variable length encoding said video data from which to generate said encoded data, and for writing said generated data into said storage means;(c) bitstream output means for reading said encoded data from said storage means, and for supplying said encoded data in a bitstream form; and(d) arbiter means for conducting arbitration to determine which of said encoder means and said bitstream output means will gain access to said storage means in order that said encoded data generated by the encoder means may be written into said storage means in a write operation period according to the quantity of said generated encoded data, and that said encoded data may be read from said storage means in a read operation period obtained by subtracting said write operation period from a predetermined period.