US RE40,829 E1
Method for encoding and decoding moving picture signals
Yutaka Machida, Yokohama (Japan)
Assigned to Panasonic Corporation, Osaka (Japan)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/108,885.
Application 08/594565 is a continuation of application No. 09/925423, filed on Aug. 10, 2001, granted, now Re. 38726.
Application 11/108885 is a reissue of application No. 08/594565, filed on Jan. 31, 1996, now 5,937,095, filed on Aug. 10, 1999.
Claims priority of application No. 7-14514 (JP), filed on Jan. 31, 1995.
Int. Cl. G06K 9/36 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 382—233  [382/232; 375/E7.222; 375/E7.279] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
2. A method for encoding digital motion picture signals of a frame, comprising the steps of:
dividing said frame into plural blocks each including N×M pixels;
forming a subframe composed of a set of said blocks, said subframe being a unit to be encoded; and
varying the [ a ] number of said blocks included in said subframe according to a quantity of information generated by encoding each block to vary a spatial size of each of said subframes included in each frame.