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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nicholas Ian Saunders, Basingstoke, GB;
Clive Henry Gillard, Basingstoke, GB;
Michael John Ludgate, Basingstoke, GB;
Jonathan James Stone, Reading, GB;
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony United Kingdom Limited, Weybridge, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348390 ; 348405 ;
Abstract
Video data compression apparatus in which successive images are encoded, comprises a data quantity allocator for allocating respective quantities of output encoded data for two or more complementary areas of each image; and an encoder for encoding each area of each image of the group of images in accordance with the quantity of output encoded data allocated to that area.