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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.