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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1999
Kanji Mihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kanji Mihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An encoding apparatus and method prevents image deterioration generated by repeatedly performing encoding and decoding by using a quantization matrix for quantization which is different from a quantization matrix for inverse quantization. In the encoding apparatus, a matrix selector selects a first quantization matrix in accordance with the complexity of an encoded picture pattern, and supplies a quantizer with information on the selected first quantization matrix. A matrix unit rewrites, by information on a second quantization matrix, the information described in an encoded stream output from a variable length code unit so that a quantization matrix to be used for inverse quantization is a second quantization matrix different from the first quantization matrix.