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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2004
Applicants:
Janghwan Lee, Westfield, IN (US);
Charles William Worrell, Carmel, IN (US);
Inventors:
Janghwan Lee, Westfield, IN (US);
Charles William Worrell, Carmel, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Billancourt, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 7/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a method for detecting signal conditions for Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) streams. Alternate-mode flags and valid frames within the MPEG streams are detected within a pre-defined search window. An indication that a valid signal is detected is output, when an alternate-mode flag and at least one valid frame are both detected within a same one of the predefined search window.