Token-based adaptive video processing arrangement
First Claim
1. A pipelined video decoder system having an input, an output and a plurality of processing stages therebetween, comprising:
- a universal adaptation unit in the form of a first interactive interfacing token for control and/or data functions among said processing stages;
a start code detector, responsive to a picture start code in an input stream of encoded data comprising MPEG data;
a token generator, responsive to said start code detector for generating said first interactive interfacing token, wherein said first interactive interfacing token is serially transmitted through said processing stages;
wherein said processing stages comprise electrical circuits, and said picture start code comprises an MPEG2 extension-- start-- code-- identifier, and said first interactive interfacing token is a SEQUENCE-- EXTN token for indicating sequence extension identification.
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Abstract
An MPEG video decompression method and apparatus utilizing a plurality of stages interconnected by a two-wire interface arrangedas a pipeline processing machine. Control tokens and DATA Tokens pass ovef the single two-wire interface for carrying both control and data in token format. A token decode circuit is positioned in certain of the stages for recognizing certain of the tokens as control tokens pertinent to that stage and for passing unrecognized control tokens along the pipeline. Reconfiguration processing circuits are positioned in selected stages and are responsive to a recognized control token for reconfiguring such stage to handle an identified DATA Token. A wide variety of unique supporting subsystem circuitry and processing techniques are disclosed for implementing the system, including memory addressing, transforming data using a common processing block, time synchronization, asynchronous swing buffering, storing of video information, a parallel Huffman decoder, and the like.
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6 Claims
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1. A pipelined video decoder system having an input, an output and a plurality of processing stages therebetween, comprising:
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a universal adaptation unit in the form of a first interactive interfacing token for control and/or data functions among said processing stages; a start code detector, responsive to a picture start code in an input stream of encoded data comprising MPEG data; a token generator, responsive to said start code detector for generating said first interactive interfacing token, wherein said first interactive interfacing token is serially transmitted through said processing stages; wherein said processing stages comprise electrical circuits, and said picture start code comprises an MPEG2 extension-- start-- code-- identifier, and said first interactive interfacing token is a SEQUENCE-- EXTN token for indicating sequence extension identification. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. In a system having an input, an output and a plurality of processing stages between the input and the output, the improvement comprising:
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a start code detector, responsive to a picture start code in an input stream of encoded data comprising MPEG data; a token generator, responsive to a signal from said start code detector for generating said first interactive interfacing token, wherein said first interactive interfacing token is serially transmitted through said processing stages; an interactive metamorphic interfacing token, defining a universal adaptation unit for control and/or data functions among said processing stages, wherein said processing stages comprise electrical circuits, and said picture start code comprises an MPEG2 extension-- start-- code-- identifier, and said first interactive interfacing token is a SEQUENCE-- EXTN token for indicating sequence extension identification. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. For use with a system having a plurality of processing stages:
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a start code detector, responsive to a picture start code in an input stream of encoded data; a token generator, responsive to said start code detector for generating said first interactive interfacing token, wherein said first interactive interfacing token is serially transmitted through said processing stages; a universal adaptation unit in the form of an interactive interfacing token for control and/or data functions among said processing stages, wherein processing stages comprise electrical circuits, and said picture start code comprises an MPEG2 extension-- start-- code-- identifier, and said token is a SEQUENCE-- DISPLAY-- EXTN token for indicating sequence display extension identification. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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