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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1999
Nicolas Bailleul, Paris, FR;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Data (D), which has been coded by a coder (COD) so as to obtain coded data (CD), is modified. The data (D) may be, for example, a sequence of pictures which has been coded in accordance with an MPEG standard. The data (D), which is available in a coded form, is modified in the following manner. A partial decoder (PDEC) partially decodes the coded data (CD). That is, of a series of decoding steps (Sd(,) . . . Sd(N)) which need to be carried out in order to decode the coded data (CD), the partial decoder (PDEC) carries out only a first few decoding steps (Sd(,) . . . Sd(K)), with K and N being integers and K being smaller than N. Accordingly, partially decoded data (PDD) is obtained. A data-modifier (MOD) modifies the partially decoded data (PDD). Accordingly, modified partially decoded data (MPDD) is obtained. A complementary coder (CCOD) complementary codes the modified partially decoded data (MPDD). That is, the complementary coder (CCOD) carries out one or more coding steps (Sc(K) . . . Sc(,)), each of which is a complement (C) of a specific decoding step (Sd) which has been carried out by the partial decoder (PDEC). Accordingly, coded modified data (CMD) is obtained. Since only a partial decoding is carried out, fewer circuitry will be required than if the data (D) to be modified were fully decoded. Thus, the data (D) can be modified in a cost-efficient manner.