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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:
May. 08, 2001

Filed:

Jun. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Mark Alan Schultz, Carmel, IN (US);

Donald Henry Willis, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Jianlei Xie, Carmel, IN (US);

John Alan Hague, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Steven Anthony Barron, Fishers, IN (US);

Barth Alan Canfield, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Assignee:

Thomson Consumer Electronics, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/26 ;
Abstract

Video processing image manipulation and trick play modes provide seamless normal play and trick play functioning. Specifically, a system processes video data including encoded digital packetized data representative of a sequence of individual images and ancillary data identifying characteristics of the individual images. The system involves a pre-processor for parsing the ancillary data to determine characteristics of the individual images prior to storing the encoded digital packetized data. The system also includes a multiplexer for filtering the encoded digital packetized data based on the determined characteristics to identify particular images of the image sequence for storage in a memory and for excluding other images of the sequence from storage.


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