Patent ID: 6654539
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method of controlling a single-chip application specific integrated circuit comprising a central processing unit, to provide autonomous management of playback of digital video and audio by said application specific integrated circuit, comprisingreceiving a command into said central processing unit of said application specific integrated circuit to establish a current playback state for management of playback of digital video and audio by said application specific integrated circuit; responding to a video field synchronization signal and a current playback state of said application specific integrated circuit, without any further external instruction, to determine whether to display digital video, whether to decode digital video for display, whether to repeat display of previously decoded digital video, and whether to skip over digital video prior to decoding digital video for output; and repeating said receiving and responding steps to transition between playback states to provide desired playback of said digital video and audio.