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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1997
Aharon Gill, Haifa, IL;
Elan Rosenthal, Haifa, IL;
Miri Fraenkel, Haifa, IL;
Ram Ofir, Haifa, IL;
David Anisman, Los Altos, CA (US);
Alon Ironi, Haifa, IL;
Paul R. Goldberg, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Zoran Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for decoding and displaying a video bitstream representing video images and displaying the video images. The present invention discloses a split memory manager design which is particularly adapted to display MPEG-2 format video images. In addition, the present invention discloses a novel way of managing the video memory used in a video decode and display system. Finally, an intraframe video data compression system and method is disclosed to complement the disclosed video decoding and displaying system.