US 7,574,059 B2
System, method, and apparatus for providing massively scaled down video using iconification
Sandeep Bhatia, Adarsh Palm Meadows (India); Srinivasa Mogathala Prabhakara Reddy, Adarsh Palm Meadows (India); and Sivugururaman Mahadevan, Bangalore (India)
Assigned to Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, Calif. (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/977,864.
Prior Publication US 2006/0093225 A1, May 04, 2006
Int. Cl. G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 382—233 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A decoder system for providing a video output, said decoder system comprising:
a video decoder for decompressing the input video stream, and for outputting a decompressed video stream, said decompressed video stream having a displayable size, and another decompressed video stream, wherein the another decompressed video stream has a reduced displayable size when decompressed;
memory for storing the another decompressed video stream; and
a synthetic picture generator for encoding the another decompressed video stream, thereby resulting in a synthetic video stream.