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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. 11, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hayder Radha, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Mahesh Balakrishnan, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Assignee:
Philips Electronics N.A. Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375240 ; 348415 ; 348705 ; 348845 ; 3488452 ; 3488453 ;
Abstract
A method of encoding a digital video bit stream which includes a plurality of successively-encoded pictures. The method includes the steps of constructing a seamless In Point in accordance with a constraint expressed by the following equation (1):