MEDIA PLAYING TOOL WITH A MULTIPLE MEDIA PLAYING MODEL

• US 20100111497A1
• Filed: 09/06/2006
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Song, Zhikai, Bai, Ji, Zhang, Yong
• Application Number:
  US12/440,404
• Publication Number:
  US 20100111497A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/241
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/40 using video transcoding, i.e. partial or full decoding of a coded input stream followed by re-encoding of the decoded output stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234336 by media transcoding, e.g. video is transformed into a slideshow of still pictures or audio is converted into text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234363 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for clients with a lower screen resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4131 home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices home automation data switching networks exchanging configuration information on appliance services H04L12/2807
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/436 Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or one or more peripheral devices inside the home
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44 Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4402 involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440218 by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 conversion of standards in analogue television systems H04N7/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440254 by altering signal-to-noise parameters, e.g. requantization
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440263 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440281 by altering the temporal resolution, e.g. by frame skipping television signal recording using magnetic recording on tape for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate H04N5/783
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44029 for generating different versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64792 Controlling the complexity of the content stream, e.g. by dropping packets intermediate media network packet handling H04L65/765; proxy provisioning conversion or adaptation for reducing the amount or size of exchanged application data H04L67/5651; negotiation of resources in wireless networks H04W28/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8193 dedicated tools, e.g. video decoder software or IPMP tool

Abstract

Machine-readable media, methods, and apparatus are described for a media playing tool with a multiple media playing model. In some embodiments, the multiple media playing model may decoding a first media stream into a plurality of first frames and decode a second media stream into a plurality of second frames. Further, the multiple media playing model may adjust a first frame of the plurality of first frames and a second frame of the plurality of second frames into a third frame with a predetermined layout.

Claims

1. A method for a media playing tool of a computing platform, comprising:

decoding a first media stream into a plurality of first frames;

decoding a second media stream into a plurality of second frames; and

adjusting a first frame of the plurality of first frames and a second frame of the plurality of second frames into a third frame with a predetermined layout.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the third frame comprises a first sub-frame and a second sub-frame and the predetermined layout defines at least one of a positional relationship between the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame, a first resolution of the first sub-frame, and a second resolution of the second sub-frame.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the adjusting further comprises:

resizing the first frame to generate a resized first frame based upon the first resolution of the first sub-frame;

resizing the second frame to generate a resized second frame based upon the second resolution of the second sub-frame; and

blending the resized first frame with the resized second frame based upon the positional relationship.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the third frame comprise a sub-frame and the predetermined layout defines at least one of a positional relationship between the third frame and the sub-frame and a resolution of the sub-frame.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the adjusting further comprises:

resizing the second frame to generate a resized second frame based upon the resolution of the sub-frame; and

blending the first frame with the resized second frame based upon the positional relationship.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

encoding the third frame to be transmitted to another computing platform.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

playing the third frame at the computing platform.

8. A media playing tool of a computing platform, comprising:

a first decoder to decode a first media stream into a plurality of first frames;

a second decoder to decode a second media stream into a plurality of second frames; and

an adjusting logic to adjust a first frame of the plurality of first frames and a second frame of the plurality of second frames into a third frame with a predetermined layout.

9. The media playing tool of claim 8, wherein the third frame comprises a first sub-frame and a second sub-frame and the predetermined layout defines at least one of a positional relationship between the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame, a first resolution of the first sub-frame and a second resolution of the second sub-frame.

10. The media playing tool of claim 9, wherein the adjusting logic further comprises a resizing logic to resize the first frame to generate a resized first frame based upon a first resolution of the first sub-frame and resize the second frame to generate a resized second frame based upon a second resolution of the second sub-frame.

11. The media playing tool of claim 10, wherein the adjusting logic further comprises a blending logic to blend the resized first frame with the resized second frame based upon the positional relationship.

12. The media playing tool of claim 8, wherein the third frame comprises a sub-frame, and the predetermined layout defines at least one of a positional relationship between the third frame and the sub-frame and a resolution of the sub-frame.

13. The media playing tool of claim 12, wherein the adjusting logic further comprises a resizing logic to resize the second frame to generate a resized second frame based upon a second resolution of the second sub-frame.

14. The media playing tool of claim 13, wherein the adjusting logic further comprises a blending logic to blend the first frame with the resized second frame according to the positional relationship.

15. The media playing tool of claim 8, further comprising an encoder to encode the third frame to be transmitted to another computing platform.

16. A computing platform, comprising:

a processor;

a machine-accessible medium responsive to the processor; and

instructions in the machine accessible medium, wherein the instructions, when executed by the system, cause the computing platform to perform operations comprising;

decoding a first media stream into a plurality of first frames;

decoding a second media stream into a plurality of second frames; and

adjusting a first frame of the plurality of first frames and a second frame of the plurality of second frames into a third frame with a predetermined layout.

17. The computing platform of claim 16, wherein the third frame comprises a first sub-frame and a second sub-frame and the predetermined layout defines at least one of a positional relationship between the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame, a first resolution of the first sub-frame and a second resolution of the second sub-frame.

18. The computing platform of claim 17, wherein the operation of adjusting, comprises:

resizing the first frame to generated a resized first frame based upon the first resolution of the first sub-frame.

resizing the second frame to generate a resized second frame based upon the second resolution of the second sub-frame; and

blending the resized first frame with the resized second frame based upon the positional relationship.

19. The computing platform of claim 16, wherein the third frame comprise a sub-frame, and the predetermined layout defines at least one of a positional relationship between the third frame and the sub-frame and a resolution of the sub-frame.

20. The computing platform of claim 19, wherein the operation of adjusting, comprises:

resizing the second frame to generate a resized second frame based upon the second resolution of the second sub-frame; and

blending the first frame with the resized second frame based upon the positional relationship.

21. The computing platform of claim 16, wherein the instructions cause the computing platform to perform operations comprising:

encoding the third frame to be transmitted to another computing platform.

22. A machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions which when executed result in a computing platform:

decoding a first media stream into a plurality of first frames;

decoding a second media stream into a plurality of second frames; and

adjusting a first frame of the plurality of first frames and a second frame of the plurality of second frames into a third frame with a predetermined layout.

23. The machine-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the third frame comprises a first sub-frame and a second sub-frame and the predetermined layout defines at least one of a positional relationship between the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame, a first resolution of the first sub-frame and a second resolution of the second sub-frame.

24. The machine-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the plurality of instructions that result in the computing platform adjusting, further result in the computing platform:

resizing the first frame to generate a resized first frame based upon the first resolution of the first sub-frame;

resizing the second frame to generate a resized second frame based upon the second resolution of the second sub-frame; and

blending the resized first frame with the resized second frame based upon the positional relationship.

25. The machine-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the third frame comprise a sub-frame, and the predetermined layout defines at least one of a positional relationship between the third frame and the sub-frame and a resolution of the sub-frame.

26. The machine-readable medium of claim 25, wherein the plurality of instructions that result in the computing platform adjusting, further result in the computing platform:

resizing the second frame to generate a resized second frame based upon the second resolution of the second sub-frame; and

blending the first frame with the resized second frame based upon the positional relationship.

27. The machine-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the plurality of instructions further result in the computing platform:

encoding the third frame to be transmitted to another computing platform.