CODE AMOUNT CONTROL METHOD, CODE AMOUNT CONTROL DEVICE, AND CAMERA SYSTEM

The code amount in first video data is counted. The difference between the counted code amount and a predetermined code amount is summed. A target code amount for second video data to be encoded after the first video data is corrected based on the accumulated sum. An evaluation function for the second video data is selected based on the calculation of the motion vector of the second video data. The process calculates a first value based on a first quantization parameter for the first video data, the selected evaluation function and the counted code amount, and a second value based on a second quantization parameter for the second video data, the selected evaluation function and the corrected target code amount, and determines the second quantization parameter so that a difference between the first value and the second value is less than or equal to a predetermined amount.