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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1999
Applicants:
Hung-ju Lee, Robbinsville, NJ (US);
Tihao Chiang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Hung-Ju Lee, Robbinsville, NJ (US);
Tihao Chiang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Assignee:
MediaTek, Inc., Hsin Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for selecting a quantizer scale for each object within a frame to optimize the coding rate is disclosed. A quantizer scale is selected for each region or 'object' within each frame such that the target bit rate for the frame is achieved while maintaining a uniform visual quality over the entire frame.