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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lauren Lee Post, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Michael Joseph Koval, Austin, TX (US);
Darryl Ray Polk, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for synchronizing a data stream that contains video data in which the video data includes frames. As frames are being processed, a number of frames processed is identified along with a number of frames dropped during processing. A synchronization speed is identified using the number of frames processed and the number of frames dropped. A frame is selectively dropped from the data stream based on the synchronization speed.