IP Library Granted Patent US 7,912,121
Granted Patent B2
US 7,912,121 · App. 11/356,589 · Granted Mar 22, 2011

Method and apparatus for processing video signal

Assignee: Qisda Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,912,121
App. No.
11/356,589
Granted
Mar 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for processing a video signal with N frames is provided. The apparatus includes an encoding module and a selecting module. The encoding module performs a 1 st through a N th encoding procedure. The 1 st through the N th encoding procedure respectively encodes the 1 st through the N th frame among the N frames in a full-image-encoding mode, encodes other frames in an adaptive-image-encoding mode, and calculates the data amount of the N encoded frames in each encoding procedure, respectively. The selecting module selects the N encoded frames with the smallest data amount among the encoding procedures been performed.

Claims (24)

1. An apparatus for processing a video signal with N frames, N being an integer larger than one, said apparatus comprising:

an encoding module for performing a 1 st through a N th encoding procedure, the 1 st through the N th encoding procedure respectively selecting the 1 st through the N th frame among the N frames to be encoded in a full-image-encoding mode, encoding other frames in an adaptive-image-encoding mode, and calculating the data amount of the N encoded frames in the N encoding procedures, respectively; and

a selecting module for selecting the N encoded frames with the smallest data amount among the encoding procedures been performed.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a timer for setting a predetermined time period for the operations of the encoding module, the timer starting to count a processing time when the encoding module starts to perform the 1 st encoding procedure, once the processing time is larger than the predetermined time period, the selecting module selects the N encoded frames corresponding to the smallest data amount among the data amounts calculated in the encoding procedures been performed.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

an assigning module for assigning each encoded frame of the N encoded frames selected by the selecting module a respective serial number; and

a sending module for sending the N encoded frames in sequence according to serial numbers.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising:

a receiving module for receiving the N encoded frames in sequence according to serial numbers.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a sending module for sending the full-image-encoded frame of the N encoded frames first and then sending the adaptive-image-encoded frames of the N encoded frames.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , further comprising:

a receiving module for receiving the full-image-encoded frame and the adaptive-image-encoded frames been sent.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at the ith encoding procedure in the encoding module, one adaptive-image-encoded frame is encoded based on the ith frame.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising:

a memory for storing the N encoded frames selected by the selecting module;

an accessing module for accessing the N encoded frames from the memory; and

a regenerating module for regenerating one adaptive-image-encoded frame based on the full-image-encoded frame.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at the ith encoding procedure in the encoding module, one adaptive-image-encoded frame is encoded based on the ith frame and the other adaptive-image-encoded frames.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising:

a memory for storing the N encoded frames selected by the selecting module;

an accessing module for accessing the N encoded frames from the memory; and

a regenerating module for regenerating one adaptive-image-encoded frame based on the full-image-encoded frame and the other adaptive-image-encoded frames.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2011
From: YANG, CHI-WEI
To: BENQ CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025791/0221 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 6, 2010
From: BENQ CORPORATION
To: QISDA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024341/0718 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 94104551 A · Feb 16, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
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