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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:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
May. 07, 2002
Applicants:
Edouard François, Bourg des Comptes, FR;
Jean Kypreos, Betton, FR;
Dominique Thoreau, Cesson Sévigné, FR;
Inventors:
Edouard François, Bourg des Comptes, FR;
Jean Kypreos, Betton, FR;
Dominique Thoreau, Cesson Sévigné, FR;
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The device is characterized in that it comprises means for preventing the 'skipped macroblock' mode of coding of a macroblock of an image of P type on the basis of a correlation item measuring the correlation of this macroblock or of the co-located macroblock of the previous I or P image with the co-located macroblock of a next image of B type, in the order of coding.