Disney patents method to pick video bitrates based on quality
Disney describes a method for choosing how much data to use when compressing video clips. It analyzes the video's features to create a list of possible data rates, then refines that list by checking which rates offer the best quality before sending the final choices to the encoder.
In the filing’s own words
In some embodiments, a method generates a first representation of a first relationship between bitrate and quality based on first features of a first portion of a video. The first representation is analyzed to determine a first list of potential bitrates for the first portion of video. The method analyzes potential bitrates and quality associated with the respective potential bitrates to refine the first list of potential bitrates to a second list of bitrates. The second list of bitrates includes a different list of bitrates than the first list of potential bitrates. The method outputs the second list of bitrates for encoding the first portion of video.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: generating a first representation of a first relationship between bitrate and quality based on first features of a first portion of a video; analyzing the first representation to determine a first list of potential bitrates for the first portion of video; analyzing potential bitrates and quality associated with the respective potential bitrates to refine the first list of potential bitrates to a second list of bitrates, wherein the second list of bitrates includes a different list of bitrates than the first list of potential bitrates, and wherein analyzing potential bitrates and quality associated with the respective potential bitrates to refine the first list of potential bitrates to the second list of bitrates comprises: refining the first list of potential bitrates based on a quality associated with the potential bitrates to determine the second list of bitrates, wherein refining the first list of potential bitrates comprises: adding a first potential bitrate to the list of potential bitrates; and outputting the second list of bitrates for encoding the first portion of video.
Facts
- Company
- Disney (Disney Enterprises, Inc.)
- Official title
- Dynamic selection of candidate bitrates for video encoding
- Patent number
- US12739453B2
- Application number
- 18991297
- Filed
- Dec 20, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04N 21/238 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/23418 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/2662 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/8456 Electricity & electronicsMore from Disney in AI & software
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