Abstract: An image processing device includes: a controller configured to receive information for displaying at least a portion of an image, and in response thereto to generate a scale ratio K for scaling compressed image data corresponding to the image; a partial image decoder configured to receive the compressed image data and the scale ratio and in response thereto to decode and scale the compressed image data by the scale ratio K and to output a portion of the decoded and scaled image data, wherein the portion corresponds to an area of the image to be displayed on a display device; a frame buffer configured to store the portion of the decoded and scaled image data output by the partial image decoder; and a video processor configured to receive the data from the frame buffer and to further scale the data for display on the display device.

Abstract: An image processing device includes: a controller configured to receive information for displaying at least a portion of an image, and in response thereto to generate a scale ratio K for scaling compressed image data corresponding to the image; a partial image decoder configured to receive the compressed image data and the scale ratio and in response thereto to decode and scale the compressed image data by the scale ratio K and to output a portion of the decoded and scaled image data, wherein the portion corresponds to an area of the image to be displayed on a display device; a frame buffer configured to store the portion of the decoded and scaled image data output by the partial image decoder; and a video processor configured to receive the data from the frame buffer and to further scale the data for display on the display device.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for receiving a stream of digital video data including at least one group of pictures containing at least two different types of pictures. The apparatus and method determine a bit rate, using the size information from a picture of a first type contained in a first subgroup within a group of pictures received, and use the determined bit rate to set at least one bit rate for a next subgroup of pictures, and convert the second type of pictures into the first type of pictures for a reverse play operation using the set bit rates.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of controlling a digital video (MPEG) player for reverse-play. The MPEG player is comprised of an I-frame buffer for storing I-pictures encoded from P-pictures by a video decoder, a B-frame buffer for storing B-pictures, and an I-frame encoder for decoding a P-picture into an I-picture. In the MPEG player, a picture group being played at present is decoded for reverse play and a previous picture group is decoded for preparation of the reverse-play. Reverse-play in soft 1-times (×1) by means of a frame memory of small capacity is achieved irrespective of the picture number and classes in picture groups.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling a variable bit rate in real time are provided, including an encoding unit for performing a predetermined image conversion on present video data to be encoded and for encoding the video data into a variable bit rate by quantizing the conversion result, and a variable bit rate controller for allocating an overall bit estimate of the video data to be stored in a system to each frame according to a variation in video recording time, for detecting the complexity of frames based on a difference between pixels of the encoded video data and for determining a quantization factor using the detected complexity.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of controlling a digital video (MPEG) player for reverse-play. The MPEG player is comprised of an I-frame buffer for storing I-pictures encoded from P-pictures by a video decoder, a B-frame buffer for storing B-pictures, and an I-frame encoder for decoding a P-picture into an I-picture. In the MPEG player, a picture group being played at present is decoded for reverse play and a previous picture group is decoded for preparation of the reverse-play. Reverse-play in soft 1-times (×1) by means of a frame memory of small capacity is achieved irrespective of the picture number and classes in picture groups.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for receiving a stream of digital video data including at least one group of pictures containing at least two different types of pictures. The apparatus and method determine a bit rate, using the size information from a picture of a first type contained in a first subgroup within a group of pictures received, and use the determined bit rate to set at least one bit rate for a next subgroup of pictures, and convert the second type of pictures into the first type of pictures for a reverse play operation using the set bit rates.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling a variable bit rate in real time are provided, including an encoding unit for performing a predetermined image conversion on present video data to be encoded and for encoding the video data into a variable bit rate by quantizing the conversion result, and a variable bit rate controller for allocating an overall bit estimate of the video data to be stored in a system to each frame according to a variation in video recording time, for detecting the complexity of frames based on a difference between pixels of the encoded video data and for determining a quantization factor using the detected complexity.