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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2008
Applicants:
Nak-hoon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Byung-cheol Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Yun-gu Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A bitrate control method and apparatus for video sequence coding by using only intra pictures are provided. The rate control method includes: separating a video sequence formed only with intra pictures, into picture group units, slice units, and macroblock units; and performing bitrate control so that a predetermined amount of bits can be generated when encoding is performed. According to the method and apparatus, overflow and underflow of a buffer can be prevented.