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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1999
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A stream processing apparatus and method for replacing a macroblock having a syntax error in an encoded stream with a marcroblock having an acceptable syntax. In such apparatus and method, a plurality of coding parameters may be extracted from the source encoded stream, an error macroblock having a syntax error in the source encoded stream may be detected, the source encoded stream may be variable-length decoded so as to generate a variable-length-decoded stream, a predetermined macroblock having an acceptable syntax may be generated which conforms to a MPEG (motion picture image coding experts group) standard, and the error macroblock of the variable-length decoded stream may be replaced with the predetermined macroblock.