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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2003
Applicants:
Charles Edward Boice, Endicott, NY (US);
Charles John Stein, Peckville, PA (US);
Krishna Chaitanya Ratakonda, Cross River, NY (US);
Edward Francis Westermann, Endicott, NY (US);
Inventors:
Charles Edward Boice, Endicott, NY (US);
Charles John Stein, Peckville, PA (US);
Krishna Chaitanya Ratakonda, Cross River, NY (US);
Edward Francis Westermann, Endicott, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for implementing B-picture scene changes. A prediction stage predicts a B-picture scene change based upon a sequence of statistical information in an encoder order and a reaction stage is responsive to the prediction stage for modifying a quantization scale of a rate control algorithm.