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Method and apparatus for providing compressed non-interlaced scanned video signal

US5329365A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 7, 1993
Grant dateJul 12, 1994
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/587
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A compression/decompression system includes a source of (1:1 60 Hz) non-interlaced scanned video signal. A preprocessor constructs (2:1 60 Hz) interlaced scanned video signal from the non-interlaced scanned video signal by selection of alternate lines of successive non-interlaced image signals. The interlaced scanned video signal is compressed according to an MPEG protocol of I, P and B frame compression algorithms. I, P and B frame compression is performed such that there are an odd number, greater than one, of B-frames between successive I/P frames (for example the sequence of compressed frames may conform to I, B1, B2, B3, P, B1, B2, B3, P, B1, B2, B3, I, B1, . . . etc). The I compressed frames, the P compressed frames and alternate B compressed frames (the frames B2 in the exemplary sequence) selectively form a primary compressed (2:1 30 Hz) interlaced video signal for reproduction by interlaced scanned receivers. The intervening B-frames selectively form a secondary compressed video. The primary and secondary compressed video signals are received by non-interlaced scanned receivers for reproducing non-interlaced scanned images, while the primary signal alone may be reproduced …

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