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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. 20, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jim C. Chou, San Jose, CA (US);
Weichun Ku, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/46 (2015.01); H04N 19/147 (2014.01); H04N 19/503 (2014.01); H04N 19/593 (2014.01); H04N 19/513 (2014.01); H04N 19/567 (2014.01); H04N 19/583 (2014.01); H04N 19/635 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/147 (2014.11); H04N 19/503 (2014.11); H04N 19/513 (2014.11); H04N 19/567 (2014.11); H04N 19/583 (2014.11); H04N 19/593 (2014.11); H04N 19/635 (2014.11);
Abstract
System and method for improving operational efficiency of a video encoding pipeline used to encode image data. In embodiments, the video encoding pipeline includes bit-rate statistics generation that is useful for controlling subsequent bit rates and/or determining encoding operational modes.