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Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2013
Applicant:

Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);

Inventors:

Todd Christopher Mendenhall, San Jose, CA (US);

Jason William Herrick, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Yao-Hua Tseng, Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/01 (2006.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/0117 (2013.01); H04N 21/44029 (2013.01); H04N 21/440218 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device for multiple-quality level video processing includes a primary tap configured to receive prime-quality video content from a source and to provide the prime-quality video content to a primary path and to a secondary tap. The primary tap may be operable in a prime-quality mode. The secondary tap may be disposed after the primary tap and may be coupled to a number of secondary paths. One or more dithering modules may be disposed after the primary tap. The dithering module(s) may be configured to convert the prime-quality video content provided by the primary tap to lower-bit precision and/or lower pixel-rate video content for use in one or more of the secondary paths.


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