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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:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2002
Mark Alan Schultz, Carmel, IN (US);
Ronald Lynn Blair, Carmel, IN (US);
Mark Alan Schultz, Carmel, IN (US);
Ronald Lynn Blair, Carmel, IN (US);
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method and apparatus for displaying closed caption information during trick mode playback. A video processor () can be configured to delete one or more pictures in a segment of the video presentation that contains at least one picture having one or more NUL characters. A remaining portion of the segment of the video presentation containing the closed caption information can be displayed during playback at a trick mode speed. The segment of the presentation can include, but is not limited to, a group of pictures (GOP). The method can further include the step of determining pictures within GOP containing non-displayable control codes and deleting those pictures containing non-displayable codes. The Video processor provides to a display device a remaining portion of the GOP containing the closed caption information for display at a trick mode playback speed.
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