Inventors:
Shivkumar Jayaraman - Cupertino CA, US
Wayne D. Michelsen - Menlo Park CA, US
Fabrice Quinard - Los Gatos CA, US
Shiv Saxena - Portland OR, US
Venkatram Vajjhula - Fremont CA, US
Assignee:
General Instrument Corporation - Horsham PA
International Classification:
H04N 9/74
Abstract:
A method for processing a video stream includes receiving first and second copies of the video stream by first and second video processing devices, respectively, and generating first and second statistical data for the video stream by the first and the second video processing devices, respectively. The method further includes transmitting in first and second transmissions the first and the second copies of the video stream with the first and the second statistical data respectively from the first and the second video processing device to a third video processing device, and reading the first and the second statistical data from the first and the second transmissions by the third video processing device. The method further includes combining the first and the second statistical data with one copy of the video stream by the third video processing device, and transmitting the one copy of the video stream with the first and the second statistical data.