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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takeshi Ohno, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ;
Abstract
A digital image decoding apparatus and method designed to improve the efficiency of use of the bandwidth of the frame memory. A motion compensation buffer memory is formed in one integrated circuit together with a motion compensation prediction section. Groups of data items forming macroblocks in image data of a region probable to be referred to are transferred one after another from the motion compensation buffer memory. Groups of data items corresponding to image lines are transferred one after another from a frame memory to the motion compensation buffer memory.