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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2002
Applicants:

Lifeng Zhao, Fremont, CA (US);

Ioannis Katsavounidis, Pasadena, CA (US);

Inventors:

Lifeng Zhao, Fremont, CA (US);

Ioannis Katsavounidis, Pasadena, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intervideo, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B001/66 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention is related to video encoding. In an embodiment, a bit budget is calculated for a first scene. In addition, bit budgets for corresponding frames, including at least a first frame, within the first scene are determined. Optionally, bit budgets corresponding to macroblocks within the first frame are also determined.


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