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Method of providing an access point into a video data stream and apparatus for carrying out the method

US6240136A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 18, 1999
Grant dateMay 29, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 18, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/8455
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The apparatus according to the invention (VOR) for providing an access point into a stream of interframe-coded video data comprises: a first delay element (.tau.1) for delaying received intraframe- and interframe-coded video data by a fixed value; a decoder (D1) for decoding at least one intraframe-coded frame and interframe-coded frames; a buffer (MEMO) following the decoder (D1) for temporarily storing the decoded frames; an encoder (K2) following the buffer (MEMO) for encoding temporarily stored frames using intraframe coding; and a second delay element (.tau.2) following the encoder (K2) for delaying the interframe-coded frames, with the delay of the second delay element (.tau.2) being less than the delay of the first delay element (.tau.1).

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