Patent ID: 8488951
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G06F,H04N,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of multimedia processing, the method comprising: providing a multimedia processor operating at a frequency lower than that of a central processor of a multimedia processing system; implementing a multimedia framework in the multimedia processing system; utilizing the multimedia framework to execute, on the multimedia processor, at least one of: providing a multimedia stack in association with the multimedia processor, the multimedia stack comprising at least one of: providing a monolithic multimedia component including a specific interface provided by the multimedia framework, the specific interface signifying roles identified by the multimedia framework for the monolithic multimedia component; providing a component control unit layer, serving as a point of control of an application, to control a data flow through the monolithic multimedia component supporting necessary interfaces required to communicate between the application and the component control unit layer; signifying a role required by the application matching a role identified by the multimedia framework for the monolithic multimedia component by the specific interface passing a pointer thereof when the component control unit layer is queried by the application for the specific interface; and reducing power dissipated in the multimedia processing system by solely executing a requisite parsing on the central processor of the multimedia processing system and allowing the central processor to go into a sleep mode thereof otherwise.