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MPEG frame processing method and apparatus

US6034731A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 13, 1997
Grant dateMar 7, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 13, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/23605
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention is a method and apparatus for processing an MPEG-like bitstream comprising information frames having associated timing parameters. The method and apparatus identify one or more non-referential information frames containing at least a threshold number of bits, remove one or more of the identified non-referential information frames and modify the timing information associated with each information frame following the one or more removed information frames.

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