Patent ID: 6731812
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method of compressing data in dependence on a compression parameter (CPAR), the following steps are repetitively carried out:predicting (PRD), on the basis of an initial value (VALint) of the compression parameter (CPAR), which amount of compressed data (Xprd) will have been obtained at a future instant of time (Tfut) just before an expected substantial increase (INC) in compressed data; adapting (ADP) the initial value (VALint) on the basis of a difference (&Dgr;X) between the predicted amount of data (Xprd) and a desired amount of data (Xdes), so as to obtain an adapted value (VALadp) of the compression parameter (CPAR); applying (APL) the adapted value (VALadp) of the compression parameter (CPAR) until a subsequent prediction step followed by a subsequent adaptation step is carried out.