The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
May. 03, 1996
Srinivasa R Malladi, San Jose, CA (US);
Marc A Miller, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kwok K Chau, Los Altos, CA (US);
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a partitioning procedure for designing MPEG decoders, AC-3 decoders, and decoders for other audio/video standards. The procedure provides that some specified decoding functionality be implemented exclusively in the form of hardware and certain other specified decoding functionality be provided exclusively as firmware or software. A video decoder designed according to this procedure includes the following elements: (a) firmware or software for implementing, in conjunction with a CPU, video header processing functions; and (b) hardware for implementing preparsing assist, macroblock reconstruction, and video display control functions. An audio decoder designed according to this procedure includes the following elements: (a) firmware or software for implementing, in conjunction with a CPU, decoding fields containing parameters for processing the audio data; and (b) hardware for implementing matrixing and windowing functions on the audio data.