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Video switching without instantaneous decoder refresh-frames

US8629893B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 2, 2008
Grant dateJan 14, 2014
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/44016
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for reducing blurred video caused by intra-coded IDR-frames sent in response to when a destination endpoint in a multipoint videoconference switches to a new video source. An embodiment according to the invention comprises using inter-coded temporal predictive referencing a long term reference frame (LTRF) instead of IDR-frames in a multipoint videoconference system.

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