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Decoding interdependent frames of a video for display

US9531983B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 4, 2013
Grant dateDec 27, 2016
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Expiry dateSep 19, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/915
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A module may provide codec-independent services including determining frame display order, frame dependency sets, and queuing the dependency frames in advance so as to enable display of a video. The module enables a video to be played forwards or backwards at a variety of playback speeds from any position within the video. In one implementation, a device communicatively coupled to a plurality of decoders accesses a video that includes a plurality of frames. One or more of the frames are decodable by one or more of the communicatively coupled decoders. The device identifies a frame in the video that is to be displayed, and determines a plurality of dependency frames in the video upon which decoding of the frame to be displayed depends. The device provides an indication that one or more associated dependency frames are to be decoded.

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