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US 7,116,712 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for parallel multimedia processing
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsRob Vogelaar, Johan G. Janssen, Fons Bruls
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AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsRob Vogelaar, Johan G. Janssen, Fons Bruls
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An apparatus and method for processing a multimedia digital bitstream is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a processing chain made up of a plurality of media processors. Each media processor processes a portion of the multimedia digital bitstream in real time. Each portion of the multimedia digital bitstream is split into a primary bitstream and a secondary bitstream. The primary bitstream is processed and merged with the unprocessed secondary bitstream. The parallel processing method of the present invention enables the processing chain to output a fully processed bitstream in real time. The processing chain may be used to transcode a high definition (HD) video bitstream in real time using a plurality of bitrate transcoder units.
An apparatus capable of processing a multimedia digital bitstream, said apparatus comprising:
A television unit comprising an apparatus capable of processing a multimedia digital bitstream, said apparatus comprising:
A method for processing a multimedia digital bitstream, wherein at least a portion of said multimedia digital bitstream is capable of being transcoded via at least one bitrate transcoder associated with one or more N media processors suitable for processing at least a portion of said multimedia digital bitstream, each bitrate transcoder including at least one of a split unit, a BRT′ transcoder, and a merge unit, said method comprising the steps of:
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