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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2008
Filed:
May. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Ioannis Katsavounidis, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kuo-wei Hsu, San Lorenzo, CA (US);
Lifeng Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ioannis Katsavounidis, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kuo-Wei Hsu, San Lorenzo, CA (US);
Lifeng Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intervideo, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided to advantageously improve bit rate control in a video encoder, such as an MPEG video encoder. The targeted bit allocation for a picture to be encoded is advantageously varied based on an occupancy level of a buffer model, such as a video buffer verifier (VBV) buffer model.