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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
May. 30, 2006
Applicant:
Stephane Valente, Paris, FR;
Inventor:
Stephane Valente, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Entropic Communications, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a video decoder (DEC) for decoding a bit stream (BS) corresponding to pictures (P) of a video signal, coded pictures being likely to include macroblocks coded in a progressive and in an interlaced way, said decoder including a decoding unit (DEU) for decoding macroblocks coded in a progressive way. A video decoder according to the invention includes a decoding configuration unit (DCU) for activating said decoding unit several times for decoding a single picture and for configuring the read and/or write stride at each pass of said picture in said decoding unit.