Video processor with lossy and lossless frame buffer compression and methods for use therewith
US9277218B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 2, 2013 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/20
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A video processing device includes a video processing unit that decodes a video input signal into a decoded video signal in accordance with a video compression protocol, based on uncompressed video frame data. A data object compression/decompression module generates compressed video frame data for storage in a compressed video frame buffer by compressing a plurality of video data objects into a plurality of compressed video data objects, wherein a first subset of the plurality of video data objects are compressed via lossless compression and a second subset of the plurality of video data objects are compressed via lossy compression.
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