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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Antony James Gould, Basingstoke, GB;
Assignee:
Sony United Kingdon Limited, Weybridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ; G09G 5/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ; G09G 5/36 ;
Abstract
Video processing apparatus and method, in which successive video processing operations are applied to images generate corresponding processing results in the form of images or data, for storing cached items and processing results associated with the video processing operations, and providing for deleting currently cached items to provide cache space for items to be newly cached, so that non-image processing results are retained in the cache for longer than processing results in the form of images.