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Digital video signal record and playback device and method for giving priority to a center of an I frame

US6009236A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 18, 1997
Grant dateDec 28, 1999
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4621
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital video signal record and playback device for recording on a recording medium a digital video signal coded by using a motion compensation prediction and an orthogonal transform and playing back data from the recording medium. In a data arrangement of a digital video signal, an I picture which can be independently represented in a picture is divided into n areas in the vertical direction, and the data is arranged from the front of one GOP in the unit of area by giving a priority to an area located at the center of the screen. A playback picture is outputted by playing back the I picture read from the recording medium in the unit of area unit. In the case where the whole I picture area cannot be read within a definite time, the area which cannot be read are interpolated by the use of the data of the preceding screen.

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