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Rapid production of reduced-size images from compressed video streams

US7471834B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 10, 2003
Grant dateDec 30, 2008
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Expiry dateNov 28, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/41
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods for fast generating spatially reduced-size images directly from compressed video streams supporting the coding of interlaced frames through transform coding and motion compensation. A sequence of reduced-size images are rapidly generated from compressed video streams by efficiently combining the steps of inverse transform, down-sampling and construction of each field image. The construction of reduced-size field images also allows the efficient motion compensation. The fast generation of reduced-size images is applicable to a variety of low-cost applications such as video browsing, video summary, fast thumbnail playback and video indexing.

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