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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2006
Applicants:
Naoto Date, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichiro Koto, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fade detection unit performs fade detection, and in a case where a judgment of fade-in has been made, an encoding control unit notifies a motion detection unit to perform encoding in a reverse order to a display order. The fade detection unit performs the fade detection, and in the case where the judgment of the fade-in or fade-out has been made, the encoding control unit notifies the motion detection unit to perform encoding while importance is attached to a prediction from an image having a larger information amount in a B picture.