Patent · US Expired

CIF to QCIF video bitstream down conversion

US6671320B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 16, 2000
Grant dateDec 30, 2003
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Expiry dateJan 17, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/90
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method to convert a CIF compressed video to a QCIF video bitstream provides compatibility between the various digital video sources and application uses. A coding mode and a motion vector for a macroblock in a QCIF video sequence are selected from those of a corresponding CIF video sequence without motion estimation.

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