Apparatus and method for partitioning moving picture data

1. An apparatus for partitioning moving picture data, comprising:

a first quantizing unit for first-quantizing a received video signal and outputting a first-quantized signal;

a second quantizing unit for second-quantizing the first-quantized signal to produce a re-quantized signal, partitioning the first-quantized signal into a preceding part and a succeeding part and outputting a partitioned stream signal, wherein the preceding part is generated by an inverse quantizing unit that inverse-quantizes the re-quantized signal and a difference signal is generated between the first-quantized signal and the preceding part;

a first variable length coding unit for coding the re-quantized signal; and

a second variable length coding unit for coding the difference signal.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the preceding part and the succeeding part comprise at least one frequency component.

3. An apparatus for partitioning moving picture data comprising:

a first quantizing unit for first-quantizing a received video signal and outputting a first-quantized signal; the first quantizing unit comprising a first quantizer for quantizing the received video signal, and

a second quantizing unit for second-quantizing the first-quantized signal and partitioning the first-quantized signal into a preceding part and a succeeding part, wherein the second quantizing unit comprises:

a second quantizer for re-quantizing the first-quantized signal to generate an output signal;

a first variable length coder (VLC) for variable-length coding the output signal generated by the second quantizer;

a second inverse-quantizer for inverse-quantizing the output signal generated by the second quantizer;

a combiner for performing subtraction operation of output signals generated by the first quantizer and the second-inverse quantizer;

a second VLC for variable-length coding output signals generated by the third combiner and the second quantizer; and

a data partitioner for outputting output signals generated by the second VLC and the first VLC.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the second quantizer outputs an even-approximated coefficient as the preceding part by having a quantization interval set to a predetermined value.

5. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein an output signal of the third combiner is an odd-remainder coefficient as the succeeding part equal to a predetermined value.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the odd-remainder coefficient comprises code information when the odd-remainder coefficient is equal to a first value and a pertinent even-approximated coefficient is not equal to a second value.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first value is approximately 1.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the second value is approximately 0.

9. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the odd-remainder coefficient as the succeeding part is equal to approximately 0.

10. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the odd-remainder coefficient as the succeeding part is equal to approximately 1.

11. An apparatus for partitioning moving picture data comprising:

a coding unit for outputting a stream comprising a DCT coefficient divided into an even-approximated coefficient and an odd-remainder coefficient by first-quantizing a received video and second-quantizing a first-quantized signal;

a decoding unit for obtaining a first-quantized signal by performing inverse-quantization about the stream generated by the coding unit and obtaining a restored video signal by performing inverse-quantization about the first-quantizing;

an inverse-quantizing unit for inverse-quantizing the re-quantized signal and calculating a difference signal based on the first-quantized signal; and

a variable-length coding unit for coding the re-quantized signal and the difference signal.

12. An apparatus for partitioning moving picture data comprising:

a coding unit for outputting a stream comprising a DCT coefficient divided into an even-approximated coefficient and an odd-remainder coefficient by first-quantizing a received video and second-quantizing a first-quantized signal; and

a decoding unit for obtaining a first-quantized signal by performing inverse-quantization about the stream generated by the coding unit and obtaining a restored video signal by performing inverse-quantization about the first-quantizing,

wherein the coding unit comprises:

a first quantizer for outputting a first-quantized signal by first-quantizing a received video signal;

a second quantizer for outputting an even-approximated coefficient by re-quantizing the first-quantized signal;

a first VLC (variable length coder) for variable-length coding an output signal of the second quantizer;

an inverse-quantizer for inverse-quantizing an output signal of the second quantizer;

a combiner for outputting an odd-remainder coefficient by performing subtraction operation of output signals of the second inverse-quantizer and the first quantizer;

a second VLC (variable length coder) for variable-length coding output signals of the combiner and the second quantizer; and

a data partitioner for outputting output signals of the second VLC and the first VLC as a data-partitioned stream.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein an output signal of the combiner is an odd-remainder coefficient.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the odd-remainder coefficient comprises code information when it is equal to a first value and a pertinent even-approximated coefficient is not equal to a second value.

15. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the decoding unit comprises:

a divider for dividing the data-partitioned stream into a preceding part and a succeeding part;

a first VLD (variable length decoder) for outputting an even-approximated coefficient by variable-length decoding the preceding part;

a first inverse-quantizer for inverse-quantizing an output signal of the first VLD;

a second VLD (variable length decoder) for variable-length decoding the succeeding part;

a first combiner for outputting a first-quantized signal by combining an output signal of the first inverse-quantizer with an output signal of the second VLD; and

a second inverse-quantizer for outputting a video signal by performing inverse-quantization and inverse discrete cosine transform of the first quantized signal.

16. A method of partitioning a streaming data, the method comprising:

quantizing the streaming data to generate a first quantized signal;

quantizing the first quantized signal to obtain an even-approximated coefficient;

obtaining an odd-remainder coefficient;

variable-length coding the even-approximated coefficient and the odd-remainder coefficient; and

outputting a data-partitioned stream based on said variable length coding;

partitioning the data-partitioned stream into a plurality of data streams;

variable-length coding the respective data streams;

obtaining an even-approximated coefficient and an odd-remainder coefficient through second-inverse quantization to output a restored video signal, based on a first quantization;

calculating a difference signal based on the first-quantized signal; and variable-length coding the calculated difference.

17. A method for partitioning moving picture data, the method comprising:

outputting a first-quantized signal by first-quantizing a received video signal;

partitioning the first-quantized signal into a preceding part and a succeeding part through a second quantization; and

outputting an output signal generated as result of the second quantization as a partitioned stream signal, wherein partitioning comprises:

re-quantizing the first-quantized signal to generate a re-quantized signal;

variable-length coding the re-quantized signal;

inverse-quantizing the re-quantized signal and calculating a difference based on the first-quantized signal; and

variable-length coding the calculated difference.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the re-quantized signal is an even-approximated coefficient corresponding to the preceding part.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the calculated difference is an odd-remainder coefficient corresponding to the succeeding part.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein a stream is constructed by inserting a texture marker for separating the preceding part and the succeeding part.