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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2024
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Förderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Munich, DE;
Christian Helmrich, Berlin, DE;
Anastasia Henkel, Berlin, DE;
Tobias Hinz, Berlin, DE;
Adam Wieckowski, Berlin, DE;
Benjamin Bross, Berlin, DE;
Detlev Marpe, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus and method determine quantization parameter for a second rate-control pass of a video encoder for a group of pictures based on an encoding bitrate and further quantization parameter of a first rate-control pass of the video encoder for the group of pictures. The apparatus is configured to determine, for each of positions spatially distributed over frames of the group of pictures, a dissimilarity measure or a similarity measure of a comparison of a first frame portion at the respective position, and a second portion of a reference frame to which a motion vector of an estimated motion field at the respective position points. The apparatus is configured to form a representative scalar value based on the dissimilarity measures or similarity measures determined for the positions. The apparatus is further configured to determine a preliminary quantization parameter for the second rate-control pass based on the encoding bitrate.