High-efficiency coding apparatus for compressing a digital video signal while controlling the coding bit rate of the compressed digital data so as to keep it constant

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PATENT NO 5307177
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07794218

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Digital video signals are divided in blocks, maximum and minimum values of each block are extracted, and a frequency distribution of one frame period of a dynamic range in each block is detected. The coding condition is determined by the frequency distribution and a predetermined N kinds of characteristic tables, and by determining only one characteristic table, the signal obtained by subtracting the minimum value of each block from the digital video signals of each block is coded in variable length according to the dynamic range of each block. The characteristic table shows the relationship of the distortion or the number of quantization bits between the original signal and decoded signal after coding and decoding with respect to the dynamic range of digital video signal in each block, and the picture quality of decoded image is set as a parameter.

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  • MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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Bannai, Tatsushi Sakai, JP 47 749
Shibata, Hideaki Osaka, JP 54 673

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