US 7,577,197 B2
Video encoder transmitting extracted image to exterior during encoding process
Tetsu Takahashi, Kawasaki (Japan)
Assigned to Fujitsu Microelectronics Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Jun. 05, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/446,147.
Application 11/446147 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2004/000923, filed on Jan. 30, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0222082 A1, Oct. 05, 2006
Int. Cl. H04B 1/66 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 375—240.01  [375/240.28; 375/240.02; 375/240.24; 375/240.26; 382/239; 382/232; 382/235; 348/513; 348/523; 348/516] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A video encoder, comprising:
a frame synchronizer to temporarily store video data supplied from an exterior in a plurality of memory banks repeatedly selected in a predetermined sequence and to read the video data successively from the plurality of memory banks repeatedly selected in said predetermined sequence;
an encode unit to encode the video data read by the frame synchronizer; and
a control unit to perform a bank switch process that swaps one memory bank among the plurality of memory banks for another memory bank separate from the plurality of memory banks.