摘要 |
A method and apparatus for processing video signals. According to a preferred embodiment, a video processor is provided, and a video camera interfaced with the video processor is provided. The video camera supplies video frames to the video processor, and comprises an automatic exposure set tingmechanism for automatically updating at least one vi deo exposure parameter before transmitting a next video frame to the video processor. The video camera ena blesor disables the automatic exposure setting mechanism in response to a strobe signal. It is determined whether to intra-frame encode or to difference enco de the next video frame. The video processor transmits a strobe signal to the v ideocamera in accordance with this determination to cont rol the automatic exposure setting mechanism of the video camera. |