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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1996
Wiebe De Haan, Eindhoven, NL;
Jan Van Der Meer, Eindhoven, NL;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio and/or video signal, and a record carrier for use with such apparatus. One or more audio and/or full motion video signals, e.g., a video signal, and possibly computer data) are recorded on an interactive compact disc. The video signal is encoded into code blocks of variable lengths, each corresponding to a picture or picture pair. A decoder delay time parameter is associated with one or more of the code blocks, which parameter represents a length of time (i.e., a delay time) with which the corresponding picture of a code block is to be displayed after that code block has been received by a decoding apparatus.