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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Jan Plasberg, Farsta, SE;
Andrei Jefremov, Järfälla, SE;
Inventors:
Jan Plasberg, Farsta, SE;
Andrei Jefremov, Järfälla, SE;
Assignee:
Skype, Dublin, IE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/00 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44004 (2013.01); H04N 21/8455 (2013.01); H04N 21/4325 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method, apparatus and computer program product for processing a video signal, the video signal comprising a plurality of frames, wherein the frames of the video signal are received at a jitter buffer, and the frames are output from the jitter buffer at a variable output rate to account for jitter in the received frames. Variations in the output rate are controlled in dependence upon the visual information content of the video signal, the visual information content of the video signal being the portion of the video signal that is to be displayed when the video signal is played out.