Method and apparatus for decoding video bitstreams to reduced spatial resolutions
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1. A method for decoding a video encoded as a compressed bitstream encoded as a plurality of blocks, comprising:
- variable length decoding and inverse quantizing the bitstream to determine motion vectors and DCT coefficients of the blocks of the bitstream;
inverse discrete cosine transforming the DCT coefficients to produce reconstructed blocks;
generating, for each reconstructed block, a low-resolution block of the DCT coefficients constructed according to an ordered pattern determined by a shape function, wherein a number of DCT coefficients of the low-resolution blocks is less than a number of the DCT coefficients of the reconstructed blocks; and
motion compensating the reconstructed blocks with the low-resolution blocks to decode the video, wherein each reconstructed block includes a plurality of pixels, and the shape function partitions the reconstructed block into covered pixels and uncovered pixels.
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A method decodes a video encoded as a compressed bitstream including frames constructed as blocks. The bitstream is variable length decoded and inverse quantized to determine motion vectors and DCT coefficients of the blocks of the bitstream. The DCT coefficients are then inverse discrete cosine transformed. A low-resolution block is generated for each reconstructed block, and the reconstructed blocks are motion compensated with the low-resolution blocks to decode the video.
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1. A method for decoding a video encoded as a compressed bitstream encoded as a plurality of blocks, comprising:
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variable length decoding and inverse quantizing the bitstream to determine motion vectors and DCT coefficients of the blocks of the bitstream; inverse discrete cosine transforming the DCT coefficients to produce reconstructed blocks; generating, for each reconstructed block, a low-resolution block of the DCT coefficients constructed according to an ordered pattern determined by a shape function, wherein a number of DCT coefficients of the low-resolution blocks is less than a number of the DCT coefficients of the reconstructed blocks; and motion compensating the reconstructed blocks with the low-resolution blocks to decode the video, wherein each reconstructed block includes a plurality of pixels, and the shape function partitions the reconstructed block into covered pixels and uncovered pixels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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