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Apparatus and method for recording digital data with a controlled data compression ratio

US5381275A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 6, 1993
Grant dateJan 10, 1995
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/146
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In step S1, the capacity of the area (remaining quantity) of a disk in which information can be recorded is read, and the remaining quantity is displayed in step S2. After a user inputs the recording time of information to be recorded and the recording capacity w for the recording, an average transmission rate R.sub.1 is calculated from expression R.sub.1 =w/t-.alpha. in step S4. The rate .alpha. is the transmission rate for transmitting signals other than a video signal, such as an audio signal, attached to the video signal. Data obtained by applying a DCT treatment to the video data is quantized with a quantization width corresponding to the average transmission rate R.sub.1 and this data is intermittently recorded on the disk.

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