Method and apparatus for re-using black border regions of a digital TV screen
US11134302B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 27, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 28, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/8133
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus are described including detecting, if any, black border regions surround a received frame of video program content and determining a size of the detected black border regions and if the sum of the determined size of the top and bottom black border regions surrounding the received frame of video program content is greater than a value, copying to a frame buffer, a video decoder buffer having a decoded frame of video program content stored therein and copying a secondary insertion decoder buffer to the frame buffer.
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