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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:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2006
Applicants:
Charles K. Chui, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Haishan Wang, San Carlos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Charles K. Chui, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Haishan Wang, San Carlos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Precoad Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and related system of encoding or re-encoding video is disclosed. In the method, video data comprising a sequence of frames is received. For a respective frame in the sequence of frames, a multi-level frame is generated comprising the respective frame and a plurality of copies of the respective frame. Each copy has an associated video resolution level that is a member of a predefined range of video resolution levels, ranging from a highest video resolution level to a lowest video resolution level. The multi-level frame is encoded.