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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. 13, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2007
Applicants:
J. William Mauchly, Berwyn, PA (US);
Joseph T. Friel, Ardmore, PA (US);
Maurice J. Buttimer, Media, PA (US);
Inventors:
J. William Mauchly, Berwyn, PA (US);
Joseph T. Friel, Ardmore, PA (US);
Maurice J. Buttimer, Media, PA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/66 (2006.01); H04N 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, an apparatus, and a method to encode a block in a picture of a time sequence of pictures such as video. The method includes selecting the mode for coding the block, one of the modes being to code the block as skipped. The method further includes limiting the number of consecutive times a particular block is coded as skipped without re-setting the quantization level to a relatively fine level of quantization and re-selecting the mode.