Patent ID: 8355444

Claim:
A device for encoding a plurality of information signals using a joint computing power, comprising: a plurality of encoders for encoding a respectively different one of the information signals using the joint computing power, wherein each encoder is controllable via at least one respective encoding parameter with regard to its encoding complexity/encoding distortion performance; a provider for providing information for each of the encoders which depends on the respective information signal and indicates an encoding distortion of the respective encoder; and a setter for setting the encoding parameters depending on the signal-dependent information considering the joint computing power such that a sum of encoding complexities of the encoders does not exceed a value which depends on the joint computing power, wherein the setter for setting and the plurality of encoders cooperate such that with regard to subsequent time intervals a distribution of the joint computing power depends on the encoding parameters or an encoding complexity of the individual encoders, wherein at least one of the a plurality of encoders, the provider and the setter comprises a hardware implementation.