Macroblock level adaptive frame/field coding for digital video content
US6980596B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 20, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 10, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/573
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system of encoding and decoding digital video content. The digital video content comprises a stream of pictures which can each be intra, predicted, or bi-predicted pictures. Each of the pictures comprises macroblocks that can be further divided into smaller blocks. The method entails encoding and decoding each of the smaller blocks in each picture in said stream of pictures in either frame mode or in field mode.
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