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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2001
Rob Vogelaar, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Johan G. Janssen, South Salem, NY (US);
Fons Bruls, Eindhoven, NL;
Rob Vogelaar, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Johan G. Janssen, South Salem, NY (US);
Fons Bruls, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for processing a multimedia digital bitstream is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a processing chain made up of a plurality of media processors. Each media processor processes a portion of the multimedia digital bitstream in real time. Each portion of the multimedia digital bitstream is split into a primary bitstream and a secondary bitstream. The primary bitstream is processed and merged with the unprocessed secondary bitstream. The parallel processing method of the present invention enables the processing chain to output a fully processed bitstream in real time. The processing chain may be used to transcode a high definition (HD) video bitstream in real time using a plurality of bitrate transcoder units.