ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,020, issued on April 14, was assigned to SIGMASTAR TECHNOLOGY LTD. (Xiamen, China).
"Video decoding method and decoder device" was invented by Tao Jin (Xiamen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A video decoding method is applied to a decoder device to decode an encoded stream stored in memory. The decoder device includes a video decoder, a memory controller and a processor. The video decoding method includes: setting, by the memory controller, a decoded picture buffer in the memory according to a maximum number X of reference frames in the encoded stream, wherein the decoded picture buffer includes X+1 picture buffer areas, each ...