Pulse or digital communications – Bandwidth reduction or expansion – Television or motion video signal
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-19
2011-04-19
An, Shawn (Department: 2621)
Pulse or digital communications
Bandwidth reduction or expansion
Television or motion video signal
C375S240130, C375S240120, C375S240140, C375S240150, C375S240240, C382S238000, C382S235000, C382S239000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07929610
ABSTRACT:
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for characterization of block boundaries for filtering operations in spatial scalable video coding. Some embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems designed for use with the Scalable Video Coding extension of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC.
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An Shawn
Birch & Stewart Kolasch & Birch, LLP
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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