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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2012
Applicant:

Thomson Licensing, Issy de Moulineaux, FR;

Inventors:

Michael Scott Deiss, Zionsville, IN (US);

James Edwin Hailey, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/63 (2011.01); H04N 19/89 (2014.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/2383 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/631 (2013.01); H04N 19/89 (2014.11); H04N 21/2383 (2013.01); H04N 21/234327 (2013.01); H04N 21/4384 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various implementations provide one or more of improved programming channel change time and/or overall quality of television reception by using multiple transmission channels. In one particular implementation, a first layer of a picture is encoded using a first level of error protection. The encoded first layer has a first decoding delay. A second layer of the picture is encoded using a second level of error protection. The encoded second layer has a second decoding delay. The second level of error protection is lower than the first level of error protection, and the second decoding delay is longer than the first decoding delay. Other implementations provide a signal or signal structure carrying the encoded first and second layers. Yet further implementations decode the encoded first and second layers.


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