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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1998
Hidenori Aotake, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An MPEG1 real time encoder board generates index data as an evaluation value representing the complexity of a picture. A scene change parameter representing the degree of a scene change occurring in the picture is then calculated from the index data. The scene change parameter is associated with a scene change pointer, that is, position information on a location of the picture in which a scene change occurs to a degree indicated by the scene change parameter. The scene change parameter and the scene change pointer are recorded as an index in an index file. On the other hand, an MPEG system stream output by the MPEG1 real time encoder board is stored in an MPEG file separated from the index file.