Video transmission using video quality metrics
AssigneeCox Communications, Inc.
InventorBENNY BING
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Abstract
Video traffic transmission using video quality metrics may be provided. A video stream comprising a plurality of frames may be received. For each frame, a determination may be made whether or not to drop the frame rather than saving and/or transmitting it to an end user, thereby conserving network bandwidth. This determination may be made on the basis of a threshold metric, such as a size ratio between frames, an average frame size, an average quality metric.
Claims20
A method for transmitting video using a video quality metric, the method comprising:
- receiving a video stream comprising a plurality of frames;
- determining whether to discard at least one of the plurality of frames;
- and
- in response to determining not to discard at least one of the plurality of frames, sending the frame to an output.
A system for transmitting video using a quality metric, the system comprising:
- a memory storage;
- and
- a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to:
- receive a video stream comprising a plurality of frames;
- determine whether to discard at least one of the plurality of frames according to a video quality metric;
- and
- in response to determining not to discard at least one of the plurality of frames, send the frame to an output.
A computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for transmitting video using a quality metric, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
- receiving a video stream comprising a plurality of frames;
- determining whether to discard at least one of the plurality of frames according to a video quality metric;
- and
- in response to determining not to discard at least one of the plurality of frames, sending the frame to an output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.