Method and system for video encoding using a variable number of B frames

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7889792
APP PUB NO 20050147167A1
SERIAL NO

10743722

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An effective method for dynamically selecting the number of I, P and B frames during video coding is proposed. Short-term look-ahead analysis of a video sequence yields a variable number of B frames to be coded between any two stored pictures. The first picture of a group of frames (GOF) may be coded as a B picture. Motion speed is calculated for each picture of the GOF with respect to the first picture of the GOF. Subject to exceptions, as long as the subsequent pictures exhibit motion speeds that are similar and motion vector displacements that are co-linear with those of the first picture in the GOF, they may be coded as B pictures. When a picture is encountered having a motion speed that is not the same as that of the first picture in the GOF, the picture may be coded as a P picture. In some embodiments, a sequence of B pictures that terminates in a P picture may be called a “group of frames” (GOF).

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APPLE INC1 INFINITE LOOP CUPERTINO CA 95014

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Dumitras, Adriana Sunnyvale, US 101 2879
Haskell, Barin Geoffry Mountain View, US 167 5229

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