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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Damien Lefol, Colchester, GB;
David Bull, Bristol, GB;
Nishan Canagarajah, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics NV, Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of encoding scalable video data streams and an encoder configured to generate an encoded scalable video data stream is provided. The encoder includes a mode controller configured to store a plurality of encoding modes, select a sub-set of the plurality of encoding modes and select a first encoding mode. The encoder generates the encoded scalable video data stream dependent on the first encoding mode.