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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:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigenori Kinouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Sawada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382246 ; 382250 ;
Abstract
A timing signal generator of an MPEG video decoder is responsive to a picture type signal for selectively generating one of a timing signal for decoding I and P pictures and a timing signal for decoding a B picture within a predetermined period of time, permitting an increased speed for the B picture decoding.