Video Information Processing Method and Device

• US 20150147052A1
• Filed: 12/30/2014
• Published: 05/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhou, Hailin
• Application Number:
  US14/586,302
• Publication Number:
  US 20150147052A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/355
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/86 involving reduction of coding artifacts, e.g. of blockiness
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• 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

Abstract

A video information processing method and device. The video information processing method includes receiving, by a video information processing apparatus, a compressed code stream transmitted by a player, and transmitting the compressed code stream to a decoder; performing, by the decoder, decoding, and transmitting a video frame obtained by means of the decoding to the video information processing apparatus; transmitting, by the video information processing apparatus, the video frame to a postprocessing unit; and performing, by the postprocessing unit, postprocessing, and providing the postprocessed video frame to the player. In technical solutions of the present invention, the postprocessing on the video frame is implemented without greatly modifying a media processing system, thereby reducing a price for implementing video postprocessing, such as a cost and time.

Claims

1. A video information processing method comprising:

receiving, by a video information processing apparatus, a compressed code stream transmitted by a player;

transmitting, by the video information processing apparatus, the compressed code stream to a decoder;

decoding, by the decoder, the compressed code stream to obtain a video frame;

providing the video frame for the video information processing apparatus;

transmitting, by the video information processing apparatus, the video frame that is obtained by the decoder by means of the decoding to a postprocessing unit;

performing, by the postprocessing unit, postprocessing on the video frame; and

providing the postprocessed video frame for the player, wherein the postprocessed video frame is transmitted by the player to a display unit for displaying.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving, by the video information processing apparatus, the compressed code stream transmitted by the player comprises receiving, by the video information processing apparatus, the compressed code stream transmitted by the player by means of a first interface format, wherein the first interface format is an interface format supported by the player, and wherein transmitting, by the video information processing apparatus, the compressed code stream to the decoder comprises:

switching, by the video information processing apparatus, an interface format used to transmit the compressed code stream from the first interface format to a second interface format; and

transmitting the compressed code stream to the decoder by means of the second interface format, wherein the second interface format is an interface format supported by the decoder.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein, after transmitting, by the video information processing apparatus, the compressed code stream to the decoder by means of the second interface format, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the video information processing apparatus, a first notification message transmitted by the decoder by means of the second interface format;

switching, by the video information processing apparatus, an interface format used to transmit the first notification message from the second interface format to the first interface format; and

transmitting the first notification message to the player by means of the first interface format, wherein the first notification message is used to indicate that the decoding is complete.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein transmitting, by the video information processing apparatus, the video frame that is obtained by the decoder by means of the decoding to a postprocessing unit comprises:

receiving, by the video information processing apparatus, the video frame output by the decoder;

receiving memory description information transmitted by the player; and

transmitting, by the video information processing apparatus, the video frame and the memory description information to the postprocessing unit, and wherein performing, by the postprocessing unit, postprocessing on the video frame, and providing the postprocessed video frame for the player comprises;

performing, by the postprocessing unit, the postprocessing on the video frame; and

storing the postprocessed video frame into a memory indicated by the memory description information, wherein the postprocessed video frame is read by the player from the memory.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein, after transmitting, by the video information processing apparatus, the video frame and the memory description information to the postprocessing unit, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the video information processing apparatus, a second notification message transmitted by the postprocessing unit by means of a third interface format, wherein the third interface format is an interface format supported by the postprocessing unit;

switching, by the video information processing apparatus, an interface format used to transmit the second notification message from the third interface format to the first interface format; and

transmitting the second notification message to the player by means of the first interface format, wherein the second notification message is used to indicate that the postprocessing is complete.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the first interface format is a standard decoder interface format, and wherein the second interface format is a proprietary decoder interface format.

7. A video decoding device comprising:

a video information processing apparatus;

a decoder; and

a postprocessing unit, wherein the video information processing apparatus is configured to;

receive a compressed code stream transmitted by a player;

transmit the compressed code stream to the decoder;

receive, from the decoder, a video frame that is obtained by the decoder by means of decoding; and

transmit the video frame to the postprocessing unit, wherein the decoder is configured to;

decode the compressed code stream to obtain the video frame; and

provide the video frame for the video information processing apparatus, and wherein the postprocessing unit is configured to;

perform postprocessing on the video frame transmitted by the video information processing apparatus; and

provide the postprocessed video frame for the player, wherein the postprocessed video frame is transmitted by the player to a display unit for displaying.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the video information processing apparatus is further configured to receive the compressed code stream transmitted by the player by means of a first interface format, wherein the first interface format is an interface format supported by the player, wherein the video information processing apparatus is further configured to switch an interface format used to transmit the compressed code stream from the first interface format to a second interface format, wherein the second interface format is an interface format supported by the decoder, and wherein the video information processing apparatus is further configured to transmit the compressed code stream to the decoder by means of the second interface format.

9. The device according to claim 8, wherein the video information processing apparatus is further configured to:

receive a first notification message transmitted by the decoder by means of the second interface format after the compressed code stream is transmitted to the decoder by means of the second interface format;

switch an interface format used to transmit the first notification message from the second interface format to the first interface format; and

transmit the first notification message to the player by means of the first interface format, wherein the first notification message is used to indicate that the decoding is complete.

10. The device according to claim 8, wherein the video information processing apparatus is further configured to:

receive memory description information transmitted by the player before the video frame that is obtained by the decoder by means of the decoding is transmitted to the postprocessing unit; and

transmit the memory description information to the postprocessing unit. and wherein the postprocessing unit is configured to;

perform postprocessing on the video frame; and

store the postprocessed video frame into a memory indicated by the memory description information, wherein the postprocessed video frame is read by the player from the memory.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein the video information processing apparatus is further configured to:

receive a second notification message transmitted by the postprocessing unit by means of a third interface format after the video frame and the memory description information are transmitted to the postprocessing unit;

switch an interface format used to transmit the second notification message from the third interface format to the first interface format; and

transmit the second notification message to the player by means of the first interface format, wherein the third interface format is an interface format supported by the postprocessing unit, and wherein the second notification message is used to indicate that the postprocessing is complete.

12. The device according to claim 8, wherein the first interface format is a standard decoder interface format, and wherein the second interface format is a proprietary decoder interface format.