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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Nakano, Fukuoka, JP;
Manabu Nakamura, Fukuoka, JP;
Jun Ikeda, Fukuoka, JP;
Mari Yasuda, Fukuoka, JP;
Tetsuo Tanaka, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
An image encoding device includes a degree of importance calculating unit that calculates a degree of importance on each of a plurality of input images which are consecutively input, a degree of importance period calculating unit that calculates a degree of importance period which is a period of the degree of importance, an average degree of importance calculating unit that calculates an average degree of importance which is an average of degrees of importance of times corresponding to a current in each of a plurality of previous degree of importance periods, an image quality control parameter calculating unit that calculates an image quality control parameter based on the average degree of importance, and an image encoding unit that encodes the input image using the image quality control parameter and generates video data.