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Method and apparatus for storing decoded video information

US6002438A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 16, 1997
Grant dateDec 14, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/61
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A decoded video signal which was encoded in accordance with a standard, such as MPEG-2, is encoded "on the fly" using a lossless linear predicted coding technique and stored in a compressed form in a RAM. A separate encoding technique is provided for B pictures and for I or P pictures. The compressed B pictures are decompressed for display. The compressed I or P pictures are decompressed for display or for use in decoding other P or B pictures.

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