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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
Shu Lin, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Jianlei James Xie, Carmel, IN (US);
Mark Alan Schultz, Carmel, IN (US);
Thomson Licensing S.A., Boulogne, FR;
Abstract
The invention includes a system and method for changing a playback speed of a selected video segment having repeat fields. To achieve fast motion play a selected video segment can be modified to delete repeat fields . Further pictures can be deleted as required to achieve a desired playback speed. To achieve slow motion play, a selected video segment can be modified by encoding repeat fields into conventional field pictures. Further pictures can be added as required to achieve a desired playback speed . Further, a repeat first field flag in the picture header of the picture containing the repeat field can be set to zero . Furthermore, a GOP structure of the modified video segment can be reencoded into a conventional or a desired GOP structure. Additionally, the modified video segment can be recorded exclusively on a desired portion of a storage medium