Patent ID: 9142254
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method to control sharing of image frames between first and second timelines, the method comprising: sending a request for the designation of a memory region configured to receive image frames of a sequence of image frames from an image frame server, the memory region being different from memory regions containing the first and second timelines, each of the image frames in the sequence is associated with a time position on the first timeline associated with the image frame server; determining that one or more image frames of the sequence of image frames are to be used at a particular time position on the second timeline that is different from the first timeline; subsequent to sending the request for the designation of a memory region, sending a request for the image frame server to copy the one or more image frames into the memory region; and receiving the one or more image frames from the memory region.