Patent ID: 7860160

Claim:
A video encoding device comprising: a video encoding unit operable to encode a video signal; a binarization unit operable to binarize an encoded value obtained from said video encoding unit; and an entropy encoding unit operable to apply entropy encoding to binary data obtained from said binarization unit; wherein said video encoding unit is operable to encode the video signal based on a characteristic of the binarization performed by said binarization unit, so that an amount of binary data obtained from said binarization unit by binarizing the encoded value that is encoded based on the characteristic is less than an amount of binary data obtained by binarizing an encoded value that is encoded without being based on the characteristic; wherein said video encoding device further comprises: a storage unit operable to store the binary data obtained from said binarization unit; and a monitor unit operable to monitor an amount of the binary data stored in said storage unit which is not to be subjected to the entropy encoding; and wherein said video encoding unit is operable to encode the video signal based on the characteristic when said monitor unit detects that the amount of the binary data which is not to be subjected to the entropy encoding reaches a first predetermined storage amount.