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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alain Artieri, Meylan, FR;
Assignee:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A., Gentilly, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375240 ; 348384 ; 348721 ; 348725 ; 348701 ; 348390 ;
Abstract
A system for processing compressed data corresponding to pictures includes a decoding mechanism, providing a picture memory with decoded picture data. The decoding mechanism requires, for decoding a current block of a previously decoded picture. A plurality of decoders are associated with respective picture memories, each storing a specific slice of corresponding blocks of a plurality of pictures, as well as at least one margin which is liable to be a predictor block serving to decode a block of the specific slice.