Patent ID: 8848790

Claim:
An encoding processing apparatus comprising: an encoder, which encodes a moving image into a plurality of intraframes and interframes so as to generate a video code stream; a request manager, which receives from a receiver of the video code stream a request signal for requesting to send an intraframe when a frame of the moving image is not properly received by the receiver, wherein, when the request manager receives the request signal, the request manager signals the encoder to set a frame setting as an intraframe setting while the encoder is encoding the video code stream so that the encoder encodes a subsequent frame of the moving image that is received by the encoder immediately after the request manager signals the encoder as an intraframe regardless of whether the subsequent frame is to be an intraframe or an interframe according to a predetermined order; and a bit-rate adjuster which provides the encoder with an instruction to temporarily lower the bit rate of the video code stream when the request manager receives a plurality of request signals successively, wherein the encoder encodes the moving image at a lowered bit rate upon receiving the instruction from the bit-rate adjuster, and wherein the bit rate of the video code stream is increased by the bit-rate adjuster when an interval of received request signals is equal to or greater than a predetermined duration.