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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masatoshi Nakai, Fukaya, JP;
Mitsutaka Kuwabara, Fukaya, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
386 70 ; 358335 ; 386106 ; 386109 ; 386126 ;
Abstract
A desired frame image can be searched for and reproduced at high speeds. The same holds true for frame return reproduction. A data unit containing the video information compressed by encoding is stored in a data unit memory and decoded at a decoding unit. When the target frame is decoded, the decode output is stored in an image memory and supplied as a still reproduction image via a switch. The image memory can also be used as a memory for storing the decode output of the frame located at the mid-point between the start frame of the data unit and the frame currently being reproduced.