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Sound and image transmission system

US4887158A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 12, 1988
Grant dateDec 12, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 12, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/6137
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A sound and image transmission system which is applicable to television-telephony, uses a single transmission line and multiplexes the image signal and the sound signal with an output which is essentially identical to the rhythm of an encoded image and the sound of the latter image. The encoder and decoder for the image processing lines function for only part of the time, but faster than if they functioned continuously.

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