Patent · US Expired

Buffer manager

US6034674A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 16, 1997
Grant dateMar 7, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 16, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/44004
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention provides a method to control the buffering of encoded video data organized as frames or fields. This method involves determining the picture number of each incoming decoded frame, determining the expected presentation number at any time and marking any buffer as ready when its picture number is on or after the presentation number.

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