Patent ID: 8160153

Claim:
A system for processing compressed data, said compressed data including a first picture (n−1) and a subsequent second picture (n), each of said pictures including a plurality of bits starting with a first bit, said system comprising: a decoder configured to receive said compressed data and decompress said compressed data, said decoder having a pre-decoder buffer configured to buffer said compressed data; wherein said first bit of said first picture (n−1) enters said pre-decoder buffer at a first time and said first bit of said second picture (n) enters said pre-decoder buffer at a second time, and wherein said first bit of said first picture (n−1) leaves said pre-decoder buffer at a third time and said first bit of said second picture (n) leaves said pre-decoder buffer at a fourth time; and wherein said fourth time is delayed after said third time, and wherein said second picture (n) is removed from the pre-decoder buffer at a removal time t r (n), where t r (n)=t r (n−1)+t c ×pre_dec_removal_delay(n), where t r (n−1) is a removal time of said first picture (n−1) from the pre-decoder buffer, t c is a clock tick, and pre_dec_removal_delay(n) is a number of picture periods indicated in a syntax element present in a picture layer RBSP (Raw Byte Sequence Payload).