| US 7,469,007 B2 | ||
| Transcoding system using encoding history information | ||
| Katsumi Tahara, Kanagawa (Japan); Yoshihiro Murakami, Kanagawa (Japan); Takuya Kitamura, Kanagawa (Japan); and Kanji Mihara, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Sony Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 14, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/342,055. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0128766 A1, Jul. 10, 2003 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04B 1/66 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 375—240.02 | 53 Claims |

| 1. A transcoding system comprising:
decoding means for decoding a source encoded video stream to generate decoded video data, and for extracting past encoding
parameters corresponding to different generations of past encoding processes from said source encoded video stream;
encoding means for encoding said video data as a present encoding process to generate an encoded video stream; and
control means for receiving said past encoding parameters generated, and for controlling said present encoding process of
said encoding means based on said past encoding parameters.
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