Image coding system
CA 2068751 C · Owner: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · Inventors: Shimada, Toshiaki; Murakami, Tokumichi
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An image coding system determines an amount a data that is output by a coder of the system and also determines a target code produced amount based on the motion of an input image. The coder of the coding system encodes the input image. A record of a data amount of past coded data is used as the inference of the target code amount. Hence, proper coding can be performed in a sending side. Further, by converting the data amount into a value with a condition to be standard, accuracy of the inference may be improved. In addition, an indication of the power amount of the data to be coded is used as a factor for determining a target code produced amount to expedite a combination of a plurality of …
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- Filed May 15, 1992 and granted May 19, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 15, 2012.
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