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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001

Filed:

May. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:

David A. Strasser, Toronto, CA;

Allen J. Porter, Thornhill, CA;

Paul Chow, Richmond Hill, CA;

Assignee:

ATI Technologies, Inc., Thornhill, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 ; H04N 1/102 ; H04N 1/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 ; H04N 1/102 ; H04N 1/104 ;
Abstract

A method and apparatus for video decoding of compressed video data begins by generating a plurality of coefficients based on run level data of two-dimensional frequency components corresponding to the compressed video data. As the coefficients are generated, they are stored in a coefficient section of memory. Once the coefficients have been stored, they are utilized to generate intermediate results. As the intermediate results are being generated, they are stored in an intermediate section of the memory. Next, representations of the video data are generated based on the intermediate results and stored in an output section of the memory. The storing and retrieving of the coefficients, intermediate results, and representations of the video data are done in a time multiplexed manner.


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