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Speed-memory tradeoff for MPEG decoders

US6968003B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 29, 1996
Grant dateNov 22, 2005
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Expiry dateJan 29, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/61
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for reducing the memory requirements of a decoding subsystem by decoding some pictures multiple times. In a preferred embodiment a video decoder stores only two decoded frames plus a small fraction of a third decoded frame in memory.

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