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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Magali Kimlee Miri Philippe, Basingstoke, GB;
Karl James Sharman, East Ilsley, GB;
Stephen Mark Keating, Reading, GB;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/103 (2014.01); H04N 19/14 (2014.01); H04N 19/18 (2014.01); H04N 19/593 (2014.01); H04N 19/82 (2014.01); H04N 19/176 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/103 (2014.11); H04N 19/14 (2014.11); H04N 19/18 (2014.11); H04N 19/593 (2014.11); H04N 19/82 (2014.11); H04N 19/176 (2014.11);
Abstract
Apparatus comprises an image data encoder to encode a current image region of an image, the image data encoder being operable in at least two modes of operation; a controller to control a mode of operation of the image data encoder in dependence upon the encoded data for the current image region meeting a predetermined criterion; and prediction circuitry configured to predict, from one or more properties of one or more image regions other than the current image region, whether the encoded data for the current image region will meet the predetermined criterion.