Qualcomm Incorporated

Scott T Swazey

Seyfullah Halit Oguz

Peisong Chen

Fang Shi

Amit Rohatgi

Vijayalakshmi Rajasundaram Raveendran

Gordon Kent Walker

Phanikumar Kanakadurga Bhamidipati

Sitaraman Ganapathy Subramania

Tao Tian

Serafim S Loukas

An Mei Chen

Thadi Manjunath Nagaraj

Christopher John Bennett

Devarshi P Shah

John E Maloney

Vinod Harimohan Kaushik

Sumeet Singh Sethi

Fang Liu

Amnon Silberger

David Samuel Brackman

Sitaraman Ganapathy Subramanian

Jason A Reich

Serafim Loukas, Jr

Brian William Orr

Zhiheng Mao

Ethan M Idenmill

Ramkumar Sampathkumar

Phanikumar Bhamidipati

Ammon Silberger

Tao c/o Qualcomm Incorporated Tian

This disclosure is directed to techniques for determining a picture type for each of a plurality of frames included in a video sequence based on cross-correlations between the frames. The cross-correlations include first order cross-correlations between image information within pairs of frames included in the video sequence and second order cross-correlations between pairs of the first order cross-correlations. The first order cross-correlations may be analyzed to detect video transitional effects between the frames. The first and second order cross-correlations may be comparatively analyzed to determine temporal similarities between the frames. Therefore, the correlation-based determination techniques determine picture types for the frames based on the video transitional effects and the temporal similarities. The correlation-based determination techniques may calculate the first order cross-correlations between images within pairs of frames, or between sets of subimages within pairs of frames that are then averaged over the subimages for each of the pairs of frames.

Adaptive group of pictures (AGOP) structure determination

Methods and apparatus to process multimedia data enabling faster channel acquisitions, improved error recovery and improved efficiency. An encoder device encodes a first portion of multimedia data using inter-coding to generate a first version, and encodes the first portion of multimedia data using intra-coding to generate a second version. A decoder device receives a first version of a first portion of multimedia data, wherein the first version is inter-coded, receives a second version of the first portion of multimedia data, wherein the second version is intra-coded, and selectively decodes the first and second received versions.

Channel switch frame

This disclosure describes techniques for second pass video coding in a multi-pass video coding scenario. The coding modes for some video blocks encoded during a second pass may be changed relative to the coding modes used for such video blocks in the first pass. However, motion information does not change for those video blocks that have the changed modes. In particular, mode changes can be made in the second coding pass relative to the modes used in the first coding pass without changing the manner in which motion information will be derived at the decoder, e.g., due to similarities between the original modes of the first pass and changed modes used in the second pass. The second pass coding techniques may also include quantization parameter adjustments, and the mode changes can cause such quantization parameter adjustments to have more profound refinements effects on the second pass coding.

Efficient video block mode changes in second pass video coding

Embodiment methods and systems enable a broadcast network, such as a MediaFLO network, to maintain the presentation quality of video data received from content providers when transforming it to a format suitable for broadcasting to mobile devices. Methods enable encoding of H.264 frames received from a third-party encoder into superframes for broadcast over MediaFLO FLO TV&#xae;. The methods group individual image frames together into superframes for broadcast, making allowances for frames which are supposed to be decoded in one second but presented or displayed in a subsequent second. The various embodiments ensure that image frames are group together into superframe so that frames that are supposed to be presented together in the same second are displayed together and so that frames that are dependent on those frames for decoding are not put ahead of the frames from which they depend.

Method and system for organizing broadcast content

Techniques for video encoding and decoding channel switch frames (CSF) to enable acquisition and re/synchronization of the video stream while preserving compression efficiency is provided. Systems and methods to process multimedia data enabling channel switching are presented. The systems generate a CSF with one or more network adaptation layer (NAL) units as a random access point (RAP) frame. Back-to-back frames are transmitted which include the CSF and a non-RAP frame, each having the same frame ID number.

Systems and methods for channel switching

A method and system for coding mode selection using estimated coding costs. To provide high compression efficiency, for example, an encoding device may attempt to select a coding mode for coding blocks of pixels that codes the data of the blocks with high efficiency. To this end, the encoding device may perform coding mode selection based on estimates of coding cost for at least a portion of the possible modes. The encoding device may estimate the coding cost for the different modes without actually coding the blocks. In fact, in some aspects, the encoding module device may estimate the coding cost for the modes without quantizing the data of the block for each mode. In this manner, the coding cost estimation techniques may reduce the amount of computationally intensive calculations needed to perform effective mode selection.

Video coding mode selection using estimated coding costs

A system and method for parallel programming an electronic device's memory during manufacturing. In one embodiment, the electronic device is programmed in parallel with test code and a portion of the system code prior to board level testing. The test code is then used during board level testing of the electronic device. Once board level testing is complete, the electronic device is programmed with additional system code to complement the existing system code, whereby system level testing is then performed.

System and method for pre-programming a cellular phone

A programmable IF bandwidth is achieved in either a transmitter or receiver using fixed bandwidth filters. A minimum of two IF frequencies are used. A fixed bandwidth filter that is equal to or greater than the desired IF bandwidth is used at each IF. The Local Oscillators (LO's) are tuned to frequency convert the desired signal to a frequency that is offset towards one bandedge of the fixed IF filters. A first mixer and LO relocates the desired signal to one end of a first fixed IF filter. A second mixer and LO relocates the filtered signal to the opposite end of a second IF filter. The desired bandwidth is obtained as the sum of the frequency offset of the desired signal from the nearest bandedge of the first IF filter and the frequency offset of the desired signal from the opposite bandedge of the second IF filter.

Programmable IF bandwidth using fixed bandwidth filters

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Scott T Swazey