Buffer management in an image formatter

Television – Image signal processing circuitry specific to television – With details of static storage device

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348384, 348513, 395509, 395872, 395551, 395558, 395250, G06F 1200

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ABSTRACT:
This invention provides a method to control the buffering of encoded video data organized as frames or fields. This method involves determining the picture number of each incoming decoded frame, determining the expected presentation number at any time and marking any buffer as ready when its picture number is on or after the presentation number.

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