Video data reduction in MPEG bit stream
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsAn H. Nguyen, Trung T. Nguyen, Gaetano Bonfiglio, Yin Shih
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Abstract
Video data in an encoded frame is reduced by adjusting orthogonal transform coefficients in the encoded frame during trick play operation such as fast forward or fast reverse. The orthogonal transform coefficients are adjusted by selecting essential orthogonal transform coefficients with high energy and non-essential orthogonal transform coefficients with low energy, maintaining or strengthening the essential orthogonal transform coefficients and attenuating or removing the non-essential orthogonal transform coefficients. In an MPEG bit stream, the encoded frame is an I-frame and the orthogonal transform coefficients are discrete cosine transform (DCT) coefficients.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- providing a bit stream that includes an encoded frame of video data from a video source, wherein the encoded frame includes orthogonal transform coefficients generated by transforming the video data from a time domain to a frequency domain;
- adjusting the orthogonal transform coefficients in response to a trick play operation, thereby reducing the video data in the encoded frame;
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- decoding the encoded frame after adjusting the orthogonal transform coefficients.
A method of transmitting video data from a video source to a video display, comprising:
- providing an MPEG bit stream that includes an I-frame of video data from the video source, wherein the I-frame includes discrete cosine transform (DCT) coefficients generated by transforming the video data from the time domain to the frequency domain;
- adjusting the DCT coefficients in response to a fast forward operation, thereby reducing the video data in the I-frame;
- decoding the I-frame after adjusting the DCT coefficients to provide decoded video data;
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- displaying a video image on the video display in response to the decoded video data in accordance with the fast forward operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.