A picture decoding section starts to decode a bit-stream for one picture when a decoding start command is supplied from a decoding start command generating section, and outputs a decoding completion command when the decoding is completed. Decoded picture data is stored in a decoding frame buffer. The...http://www.google.com/patents/US6628719?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6628719 - MPEG video decoder and MPEG video decoding method
