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US 2006/0133510 A1Published application
Local macroblock information buffer
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsRahul Saxena, Munsi Haque
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Abstract
According to some embodiments, an external memory unit stores rows of macroblocks representing an image. A set of macroblocks may be transferred from the external memory unit to a local buffer, the set of macroblocks including fewer macroblocks than a row. A macroblock may then be decoded based on information in the local buffer to generate an image signal.
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A method, comprising:
- storing in an external memory unit rows of macroblock information representing an image;
- transferring information associated with a set of macroblocks from the external memory unit to a local buffer, the set of macroblocks having fewer macroblocks than a row the set of macroblocks including non-neighboring macroblocks;
- and
- decoding a macroblock based on information in the local buffer to generate an image signal.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an off-chip memory unit to store information associated with rows of moving image portions;
- an on-chip buffer to store information received from the off-chip memory unit associated with a group of image portions, the group having fewer image portions than a row, wherein the group of image portions includes non-neighboring image portions;
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- an on-chip decoding engine to generate an image signal in accordance with the information in the local buffer.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed by a machine result in the following:
- storing in an external memory unit an array of H.264 macroblock information representing an image;
- transferring a set of macroblock information from the external memory unit to a local buffer, the set being associated with fewer macroblocks than a row of the array, wherein the set of macroblocks includes non-neighboring macroblocks:
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- decoding a macroblock based on information in the local buffer to generate an output.
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A system, comprising:
- a data storage device to store information associated with rows of moving image macroblocks;
- an integrated circuit, including:
- a buffer to store information received from the data storage device associated with a group of macroblocks, the group having fewer macroblocks than a row, the set of macroblocks including non-neighboring macroblocks;
- an output engine to generate an image signal in accordance with the information in the buffer;
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- a digital interface to provide a digital signal from the output engine to a digital display device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.