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Resource scalable decoding

US6704362B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 6, 2001
Grant dateMar 9, 2004
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Expiry dateNov 26, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4516
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A complexity scalable decoder system and method. The system comprises: a decoder having a plurality of functional blocks for decoding compressed video data, the decoder further includes a plurality of scalable functions for selectively reducing a complexity of at least one of the functional blocks; and a local resource controller for generating a scaling strategy for the decoder, wherein the scaling strategy is selected in response to a complexity requirement received from a system resource manager, and wherein the scaling strategy is selected from a plurality of predetermined scaling strategies available to the local resource controller. Each of the predetermined scaling strategies may be selected from a look-up table designed off-line.

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