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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Robert Craig, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Clifford Wayne Mercer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ulrich Sigmund, Waldkirch, DE;
Inventors:
Robert Craig, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Clifford Wayne Mercer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ulrich Sigmund, Waldkirch, DE;
Assignee:
Activevideo Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 11/02 (2006.01); H04N 11/04 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01); A63F 9/24 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and related system of generating a frame of video is disclosed. In the method, a request is received and a frame of video is generated using a plurality of pre-encoded macro-blocks. Generating the frame of video includes assigning the plurality of pre-encoded macro-blocks to respective positions in a grid. The frame of video may be compatible with an MPEG compression standard. The plurality of pre-encoded macro-blocks are pre-encoded prior to the request.