Speed-memory tradeoff for MPEG decoders
US6968003B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 29, 1996 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2016 |
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- 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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