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Avago Technologies General IP Pte, Ltd.

Brian Francis Schoner

Darren Duane Neuman

Jaewon Shin

Rajesh Mamidwar

Iue-Shuenn Chen

Jason C Demas

Richard Hayden Wyman

David A Baer

David Chao Hua Wu

Alexander Garland MacInnis

Greg Alan Kranawetter

Aleksandr M Movshovich

Advait Madhav Mogre

Francis Cheung

Brad Albert Delanghe

Ut Nguyen

Shawn Val Johnson

Keith LaRell Klingler

Dan Simon

Lakshman Ramakrishnan

Steven T Jaffe

Chengfuh Jeffrey Tang

Patrick Y Law

Sandeep Bhatia

Jason William Herrick

Hoang Nhu

Tracy C Denk

Hongtao Zhu

Junlin Li

James Douglas Sweet

Jeffrey Fisher

Yao-Hua Tseng

Guang-Ting Shih

Jeffrey S Bauch

Brad Grossman

Chuck Monahan

Sang Van Tran

Hsien-Chih Jim Tseng

Ben Giese

Thu T Nguyen

Jeff Tingley

Honman Law

Sheng Zhong

Kevin Lee Miller

Timothy James Mamtora

Xuemin Chen

Yong Li

David Chaohua Wu

Frederick George Walls

Todd Christopher Mendenhall

Peter Korger

Sathish Kumar Radhakrishnan

Arvind Bhaskar Patwardhan

Anand Pande

Chenhui Feng

Ronen Perets

Boris Zemlyak

Brett J Grandbois

Hyeong-Seok Victor Ha

Olivier Francois Joseph Harel

Keith LaRell Klinger

Aleksandr Movshovish

Christopher Cubiss

Praveen Vadakkumthodam Radhakrishnan

A device implementing the subject pixel storage for graphical frame buffers may include at least one processor configured to obtain a plurality of data units containing a plurality of pixels stored in memory, each of the plurality of data units including a first pixel of the plurality of pixels packed in succession with at least a portion of a second pixel of the plurality of pixels, in which the plurality of pixels is represented by a number of bits, obtain a group of pixels from the plurality of pixels, and store the group of pixels using a targeted number of bits. A method and computer program product implementing the subject pixel storage for graphical frame buffers is also provided.

Pixel storage for graphical frame buffers

A device implementing the subject high bit-depth graphics compression may include at least one processor configured to receive pixel data for a pixel block, obtain endpoints of a first bit length based on the pixel data in the pixel block, quantize the endpoints to a second bit length smaller than the first bit length, select the quantized endpoints for pixel values in the pixel block, determine a weight for each pixel of the pixel block in each of a plurality of planes corresponding to the endpoints selected for the pixel block, and generate a compressed data block representative of the pixel block based at least on the endpoints for the pixel block and the weight for each pixel of the pixel block in each of the plurality of planes corresponding to the endpoints. A method and computer program product implementing the subject high bit-depth graphics compression is also provided.

High bit-depth graphics compression

A system and method for processing graphics are provided. Pixel data may be received for a pixel block. Endpoints for the values of the pixels in the pixel block may be determined. A weight for the pixels in the pixel block may be determined in four dimensions corresponding to the endpoints. A compressed data block representative of the pixel block may be generated in response to the endpoints for the pixel block and the weight for the pixels of the pixel block in the four dimensions corresponding to the endpoints.

System and method for graphics compression

A system implements multiple coding formats for coding pixels within a picture. The formats may be selected based on one or more of the input picture and encoding variables. The coding formats may have varying chroma sampling densities. Filtering may be applied to convert among the various formats or to convert a sampled input to a specific chroma sampling density. The format associated with various groups within a coded bitstream may be changed to adapt to evolution of the one or more variables or inputs.

High-throughput image and video compression

Disclosed are various embodiments directed to transcoding a bit stream comprising audio and video frames that contains discontinuities. The video and/or audio portion of the bit stream may be divided into segments, where some of the segments are transcoded in parallel using a plurality of transcoder devices. In some embodiments, a discontinuity is detected in the bit stream before encoding, where the discontinuity is associated with a shift in a set of time stamps associated with the bit stream. A magnitude of the discontinuity is determined. The transcoding system aligns at least a portion of the audio frames to the series of video frames according to at least the discontinuity and the magnitude of the discontinuity. In other embodiments, the discontinuity is detected after encoding by analyzing time stamps that have been established during the transcoding process.

Audio and video management for parallel transcoding

A system comprising structures connected to the rider of human-powered vehicles improves the force a rider may apply to the vehicle. The elements are primarily connected to the lower body and legs of the rider, with attachment to the rider's shoes, whereby a two-dimensional four-bar linkage is formed. Use of the system may permit a rider to go faster or farther with less effort. An optional novel shoe may be used with or without the other elements of the system.

System for improving the power delivered by a rider to a peddle-operated vehicle

Systems and methods are disclosed for supporting a pull data flow scheme in an A/V decoder. One method relates to processing data using an A/V decoder comprising receiving the data from a data stream and recovering a system time reference from the received data. The received data is processed using a clock asynchronous to the system time reference and pulled into an output device using a system adapted to support a pull data flow. The processed data is output using a time reference locked to the system time reference.

A/V System and method supporting a pull data flow scheme

A device and method for providing an adaptive bit rate (ABR) proxy is disclosed. An ABR proxy determines an optimal data format to receive content segments for an audio/video (AV) content item from a source ABR server, and generates, based on that format and/or current network conditions, one or more local AV representations for providing content segments for the AV content item to locally connected devices. A local client device selects a local AV representation, and the ABR proxy provides the content segments for the AV content item to the local device in accordance with the selected local AV representation.

Adaptive bit rate proxy

A video processing system may be operable to utilize multi-band sharpening to process luma signals for image signals. The luma signal may be decomposed into a plurality of frequency band components, wherein each component may be processed separately using different sharpening gains and/or offsets. The multi-band processed components may be combined to generate sharpened output luma signals. The multi-band sharpening may be performed utilizing peaking processing, and the input luma signal and/or LTI sharpened luma signals may be combined with the multi-band peaking sharpened signals to generate the sharpened output luma signals. Corresponding chroma signals may also be adjusted to generate sharpened output chroma signals. Luma and/or chroma sharpening operations may be further adjusted based on coring, clipping avoidance, luma statistics, color region detections, and/or curve control parameters. Sharpened output image signals may be generated based on the sharpened output luma signals and the sharpened output chroma signals.

Method and system for sharpening the luma and the chroma signals

Disclosed are various embodiments directed to transcoding a media file in parallel. A media file may be accessed, the media file comprising a bit stream expressing a series of pictures. A first random access point in the bit stream and a second random access point in the bit stream are identified. An input segment of the bit stream is generated, the input segment comprising a starting point, the starting point being the first random access point. One of a plurality of transcoders is selected to transcode the input segment for generating a corresponding output segment, each transcoder being configured to operate concurrently in parallel. The output segment is stored in a memory.

Parallel transcoding

Aspects of an edge smoothing block filter and combinations of the filter with a motion compensated temporal filter are described. In one embodiment, edge smoothing block filtering includes selecting a current pixel to be filtered and selecting a candidate pixel within a search area about the current pixel. The edge smoothing block filtering generally seeks to identify candidate pixels having surrounding pixels similar to pixels surrounding the current pixel. The edge smoothing block filtering further computes a cost difference between pixels within a candidate pixel neighborhood and pixels within a current pixel neighborhood, and filters the current pixel based on the cost difference. Aspects of the filters and filter element combinations may preserve edges and textures adaptively based on image content. For example, diagonal or curved image edges may be filtered along edges while texture is preserved along the edges.

Edge smoothing block filtering and blending

Disclosed are various embodiments directed to transcoding a bit stream in parallel. A bit stream may be divided into a plurality of segments, where a plurality of transcoders encode at least a portion of the segments in parallel. If encoding is performed using variable bit rate (BR) encoding, each encoder may encode a segment and vary a BR for the segment. A measured average BR is compared with a target average BR to determine whether to adjust a video quality level (VQL) or any other encoder parameter. A relatively constant subjective quality may be maintained using variable BR encoding while achieving a target average BR. When using constant BR encoding, a VQL or other encoder parameter is used by encoders to achieve relatively constant subjective quality. For example, a relatively continuous quantization parameter between adjacent encoded segments may be achieved.

Managing encoder parameters for parallel transcoding

A method and system are provided in which a processor, such as a video processor, may determine a flatness value for a current video picture and may adjust a mosquito noise filtering of a subsequent video picture based on the determined flatness value. The flatness value may be determined within a predetermined region of the current video picture, which may be dynamically modified by the processor. The flatness value may be associated with the presence of analog noise in the current video picture, and may be determined based on horizontal and vertical variance values determined for one or more portions of the current video picture. The processor may adjust a mosquito noise strength value of the current video picture based on the determined flatness value and may adjust the mosquito noise filtering of the subsequent video picture based on the adjusted mosquito noise strength value of the current video picture.

Method and system for detecting analog noise in the presence of mosquito noise

A television on a chip (TVOC) system that provides a cost effective approach for providing television functionality on a single integrated circuit chip is disclosed. A TVOC includes the functionality necessary to receive and display television signals in a variety of input and output formats. A TVOC can be used in set-top boxes for cable and satellite television, or directly within a television. All functionality provided can be provided on a single integrated circuit. TVOC includes a data transport module, an IF demodulator, a digital audio engine, an analog audio engine, a digital video engine, and an analog video engine. The TVOC also includes three sets of interfaces including output interfaces, control interfaces and ancillary interfaces. Further features and embodiments provide enhanced functionality and increased efficiencies.

Television functionality on a chip

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Brian Francis Schoner