Patent ID: 6636271
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method of processing a received video signal representing a video program, comprising the steps of:processing digital data representing a portion of the video program occurring during a first interval for producing a first signal component, the first signal component representing the portion of the video signal compressed in time; providing an output signal having the first signal component during a second interval; and replacing the first signal component in the output signal with a second signal component representing an input video signal at the end of the second interval, the first signal component not including any time related information added thereto, the replacing step including counting fields of video information occurring in the input video signal, determining when a count of fields of video information corresponds to a predetermined count, and decoupling the first signal component from the output signal and coupling the second signal component to the output signal when the count of fields of video information corresponds to the predetermined count.