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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004

Filed:

Apr. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:

Hideaki Funakoshi, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/64 ; H04N 3/24 ; H04N 1/405 ; H04N 1/66 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/64 ; H04N 3/24 ; H04N 1/405 ; H04N 1/66 ;
Abstract

Compressed audio video data is constituted by a sequence of video information blocks each of which constitutes one unit by a predetermined number of I pictures, a predetermined number of P pictures and a predetermined number of B pictures. In a case of reproducing one of the pictures of the compressed audio video data as a still picture by motion compensation prediction, when a picture stops at the B picture, one of the I pictures closest to the B picture or one of the P pictures closest to the B picture is selected, and the I picture or the P picture thus selected is displayed on a monitor in place of the B picture.


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