Patent ID: 8547482
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for capturing a still images from a video stream capable of operating in a playback mode and a capture mode, comprising: a display; a control device that provides a first signal and a second signal; a video decoder that decodes the video stream at a first resolution and at a second resolution; and a signal receiver that signals the system to switch from operating in the playback mode to operating in the capture mode in response to the first signal, and from operating in the capture mode to operating in the playback mode in response to the second signal, wherein the video decoder simultaneously decodes the video stream at both the first resolution and the second resolution when operating in capture mode, wherein when operating in capture mode the display simultaneously displays the video stream at the second resolution over the still images including a current video frame at the first resolution, and wherein when operating in capture mode the control device