Global Patent Index - EP 1078522 A1

EP 1078522 A1 20010228 - SYNCHRONIZING, SWITCHING AND EDITING MPEG FILES

Title (en)

SYNCHRONIZING, SWITCHING AND EDITING MPEG FILES

Title (de)

SYNCHRONISIERUNG, VERMITTLUNG UND BEARBEITUNG VON MPEG-DATEIEN

Title (fr)

SYNCHRONISATION, COMMUTATION ET EDITIONS DE FICHIERS MPEG

Publication

EP 1078522 A1 20010228 (EN)

Application

EP 99917346 A 19990406

Priority

  • US 9907507 W 19990406
  • US 8091698 P 19980406

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9952283A1] A method and apparatus for flexibly and reliably processing one or more MPEG signals from at least one source. The method provides for synchronizing (28) decoded streams (36) to a reference clock, for playing multiple streams simultaneously or for transitioning (24) between streams in a seamless manner. The output streams can have varying formats and can include both video and audio. The structure and method further provide for the capability of skipping B frames to reach a desired reference frame quickly and to edit the MPEG streams regardless of GOP size.

IPC 1-7

H04N 7/12

IPC 8 full level

H04N 7/26 (2006.01); G10L 19/00 (2013.01); G10L 19/02 (2013.01); G11B 27/031 (2006.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/24 (2011.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G11B 27/031 (2013.01 - EP); G11B 27/10 (2013.01 - EP); H04N 21/2389 (2013.01 - EP); H04N 21/43072 (2020.08 - EP US); H04N 21/4325 (2013.01 - EP); H04N 21/4385 (2013.01 - EP); H04N 21/44016 (2013.01 - EP)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9952283A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9952283 A1 19991014; CA 2327620 A1 19991014; CN 1184813 C 20050112; CN 1307781 A 20010808; EP 1078522 A1 20010228; IL 138870 A0 20011125; IL 138870 A 20050831; JP 2003514404 A 20030415

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9907507 W 19990406; CA 2327620 A 19990406; CN 99804907 A 19990406; EP 99917346 A 19990406; IL 13887099 A 19990406; JP 2000542917 A 19990406