| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates to a moving image coding device and method involving the simultaneous parallel running of respective modules, namely: a segment-unit-coding module in which an input image frame is divided into segment units and integer pel (integer pixel) movement is predicted while at the same time 1/n pixel images are generated with respect to the segments of the image coded in the coding module; and a macroblock-unit-coding module in which the segments of the image frame whose integer pel movement has been predicted in the segment-unit-coding module are received as input in the form of macroblock units and are coded in macroblock units through the 1/n pixel movement prediction. By separating the coding units into different modules and employing the techniques of parallel processing and pipelining, the present invention makes it possible to effect high-speed encoding with reduced delay in the coding rate due to differences in the processing speeds of the respective modules.</p> |
