Object-based audio-visual terminal and bitstream structure
US7199836B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2020/10759
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
As information to be processed at an object-based video or audio-visual (AV) terminal, an object-oriented bitstream includes objects, composition information, and scene demarcation information. Such bitstream structure allows on-line editing, e.g. cut and paste, insertion/deletion, grouping, and special effects. In the interest of ease of editing, AV objects and their composition information are transmitted or accessed on separate logical channels (LCs). Objects which have a lifetime in the decoder beyond their initial presentation time are cached for reuse until a selected expiration time. The system includes a de-multiplexer (1), a controller (2) which controls the operation of the AV terminal, input buffers (3), AV objects decoders (4), buffers (4′) for decoded data, a composer (5), a display (6), and an object cache (7).
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