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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Whitby Webb, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael L. Lightstone, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
ATI International SRL, Barbados, KN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for improving playback consistency of an encoded video stream. The method of the present invention first determines whether a series of values of the progressive_frame flag of consecutive frames of the encoded video stream are arranged in a predetermined pattern. If the values are arranged in the predetermined pattern, an image of at least one of the frames is displayed progressively regardless of the value of the progressive_frame flag of that frame. As a result, the video stream is played back as if the movie had been consistently encoded in the first place.