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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:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
George K. Chen, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ;
Abstract
One embodiment of the invention comprises a method and apparatus for managing a plurality of buffers for a video codec. Each buffer has at least one memory storage unit. A first video frame is received. The first video frame is stored in a first memory storage unit. A second video frame is received, the second video frame having said first video frame as a reference frame. The second video frame is stored in a second memory storage unit, with the second memory storage unit being a first predetermined number of memory storage units from the first memory storage unit.