Patent ID: 8155454
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of processing multimedia data, the method comprising: encoding first multimedia data by downsampling the first multimedia data to form first encoded data; transmitting the first encoded data to a receiver device; processing a copy of the first encoded data by selecting an indicator of a post-processing technique from a plurality of indicators stored in a memory, decoding the copy of the first encoded data by upsampling the copy of the first encoded data and applying the post-processing technique identified by the selected indicator to generate second multimedia data; processing the generated second multimedia data by comparing the generated second multimedia data to the first multimedia data to generate comparison information comprising difference information identifying a set of relationships; encoding the difference information to generate assist information comprising an index of the set of relationships identified by the difference information; encoding information regarding the post-processing technique identified by the selected indicator; and transmitting the assist information to the receiver device.