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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:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2003
Applicants:
Benoit F. Bazin, Milpitas, CA (US);
Cecile M. Foret, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Benoit F. Bazin, Milpitas, CA (US);
Cecile M. Foret, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 11/02 (2006.01); H04N 11/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus configured to process a digital video signal comprising an input circuit, a processing circuit and an encoder circuit. The input circuit may be configured to present a digital video signal comprising a plurality of frames. The processing circuit may be configured to detect scene changes in the digital video signal by analyzing (i) a current one of the plurality of frames and (ii) two or more other frames. The encoder circuit may be configured to generate an encoded signal in response to the digital video signal and the scene changes.