Patent ID: 6556626
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
An MPEG decoder comprising:a system decoder to separate a video elementary stream from a system stream, to replace a start code ID of picture data with PTS/DTS (Presentation Time Stamp/Decoding Time Stamp) values added in said video elementary stream with a start code ID being unused in a video layer and to output it, said system decoder to hold said PTS/DTS values and said unused start code ID value as an index; a memory controller to store said video elementary stream fed from said system decoder into a memory; and a video decoder to issue an instruction of an interruption to a processing device when detecting a fact that said start code ID in said video elementary stream has said unused start code ID at the time of decoding said video elementary stream from said memory controller and to output image obtained by said decoding in accordance with said instruction from said processing device based on said interruption.