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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1996
Toshinori Odaka, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiharu Uetani, Kawasaki, JP;
Tadaaki Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoo Yamakage, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideyuki Ueno, Tokyo, JP;
Noboru Yamaguchi, Yashio, JP;
Yoshihiro Kikuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Tadahiro Oku, Urayasu, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A method for allocating bits to be used to compression code digital data signals representing a group of pictures in a motion video sequence. The pictures within each group of pictures to be coded are identified as being one of a plurality of different picture types. The total number of bits to be used in compression coding the group of pictures is determined based on a fixed target bit-rate. The number of bits for use in compression coding a picture in said group of pictures is allocated from said total number of bits using a number of pictures in each of the plurality of picture types in order to produce an allocation of bits which meet the fixed target bit-rate.