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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
May. 04, 2001
Franck Abelard, Chateaubourg, FR;
Alain Verdier, Vern sur Seiche, FR;
Franck Abelard, Chateaubourg, FR;
Alain Verdier, Vern sur Seiche, FR;
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A device for decoding a video stream in trick mode includes a random access source of coded video pictures, a means for establishing an order for pictures to be decoded, a plurality of reconstruction buffers for storing decoded pictures, and a video decoder for decoding coded pictures. The decoding device further includes a means for monitoring the availability of the reconstruction buffers. In one embodiment, a method of the present invention performed, for example by the coding device, includes establishing an order of decoding pictures and commanding the video decoder to decode a picture upon availability of a reconstruction buffer.