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Macroblock level adaptive frame/field coding for digital video content

US6980596B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 20, 2002
Grant dateDec 27, 2005
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Expiry dateSep 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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