METHOD OF ENCODING SEQUENCE OF VIDEO FRAMES, ENCODED BIT STREAM, METHOD OF DECODING IMAGE OR SEQUENCE OF IMAGES, USE INCLUDING TRANSMISSION OR RECEPTION OF DATA, METHOD OF TRANSMITTING DATA, CODING AND/OR DECODING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To transmit bit streams at a transmission rate corresponding to a state of a communication line.;SOLUTION: A method of encoding a sequence of frames for transmission comprises encoding a sequence of frames under different conditions, for transmission at different bit rates, storing each of the encoded bit streams in a respective buffer, and outputting a bit stream from a buffer for transmission, and the method further comprises switching between buffers to change the bit rate of the data for transmission, wherein at least one frame to be stored in one buffer is encoded with reference to a frame stored in another buffer.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI