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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2002
Applicants:
Shu Lin, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Donald Henry Willis, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Shu Lin, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Donald Henry Willis, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of performing a trick mode on a video signal includes the steps of receiving a trick mode command and repeating a picture in the video signal to form a trick mode video signal in response to the trick mode command. If the picture being repeated is a bi-directional predictive picture, then the method can limit the repeating step to a predetermined number of times.