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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:
Aug. 30, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2021
Applicant:

Netflix, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Weiguo Zheng, San Jose, CA (US);

Rex Yik Chun Ching, San Ramon, CA (US);

Assignee:

Netflix, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/01 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/0127 (2013.01); G09G 5/005 (2013.01); G09G 5/18 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0435 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed method includes accessing video content encoded at a specified frame rate, and determining a refresh rate for an electronic display on which the video content is to be presented. The method next includes specifying a time interval for the video content over which frame rate conversion is to be applied to synchronize the video content frame rate with the electronic display refresh rate. The method also includes presenting the video content on the electronic display where the playback speed is adjusted for a first part of the interval. At this adjusted speed, the interval is played back using original video frames and multiple frame duplications. The presenting also adjusts playback speed of a second part of the interval. At the adjusted speed, the interval is played back using the original frames and a different number of frame duplications. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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