Patent ID: 7965768
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A video signal encoding apparatus comprising: a quantization unit for quantizing video data based on a quantization parameter that has been set, to obtain quantized video data, an encoder unit for encoding the quantized video data, as encoded video data, a video buffer unit including a video buffer memory for outputting the encoded video data; a generated bit measurement unit for measuring a generated bit per predetermined time unit in the encoder unit; a target bit setting unit for setting a target bit per predetermined time unit; a residual bit computing unit for computing a residual value between the generated bit measured by the generated bit measurement unit and the target bit set by the target bit setting unit; a remained video buffer capacity measurement unit for measuring a remaining video buffer capacity of the video buffer unit per predetermined time unit; a counter unit for setting a counter value that is increased or decreased on a basis of the remaining video buffer capacity, and a quantization parameter computing unit for computing a revised quantization parameter to set to the quantization unit, wherein the quantization parameter computing unit includes: a first quantization parameter computing unit for computing a first quantization parameter by using the residual value computed; a second quantization parameter computing unit for computing a second quantization parameter by using the remaining video buffer capacity measured; and a third quantization parameter determination unit for determining a third quantization parameter that is set as the revised quantization parameter to be used for a next video data to be encoded, wherein the third quantization parameter determination unit computes a weighting between the first quantization parameter and the second quantization parameter on a basis of the counter value that has been set, and then computes the third quantization parameter by using the weighting; and, wherein at least one of the quantization unit, the encoder unit, the video buffer unit, the generated bit measurement unit, the target bit setting unit, the residual bit computing unit, the remained video buffer capacity measurement unit, the counter unit, the quantization parameter computing unit, the first quantization parameter computing unit, the second quantization parameter computing unit and the third quantization parameter determination unit is effected via a hardware processor.