Method and/or apparatus for encoding and/or decoding digital video together with an n-bit alpha plane
AssigneeLSI Logic Corporation
InventorLowell Winger
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Abstract
A method for generating a compressed digital video bitstream, comprising the steps of receiving a first subsequence representing a video signal, receiving a second sub-sequence representing an alpha signal, and generating the compressed digital video bitstream in response to the first sub-sequence and the second sub-sequence. The compressed digital video bitstream (i) includes information from said video signal and information from said alpha signal and (ii) conforms to a defined transmission standard.
Claims12
A method for generating a compressed digital video bitstream, comprising the steps of:
- (A) receiving a first subsequence representing a video signal;
- (B) receiving a second sub-sequence representing an alpha signal;
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- (C) generating said compressed digital video bitstream in response to said first sub-sequence and said second sub-sequence, wherein said compressed digital video bitstream (i) includes information from said video signal and information from said alpha signal and (ii) conforms to a defined transmission standard.
An apparatus for generating a compressed digital video bitstream, comprising:
- means for receiving a first subsequence representing a video signal;
- means for receiving a second sub-sequence representing an alpha signal;
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- means for generating said compressed digital video bitstream in response to said first sub-sequence and said second sub-sequence, wherein said compressed digital video bitstream (i) includes information from said video signal and information from said alpha signal and (ii) conforms to a defined transmission standard.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first input configured to receive a first subsequence representing a video signal;
- a second input configured to receive a second subsequence representing an alpha signal;
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- an output configured to generate a compressed digital video bitstream in response to said first sub-sequence and said second sub-sequence, wherein said compressed digital video bitstream (i) includes information from said video signal and information from said alpha signal and (ii) conforms to a defined transmission standard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.