Method of playing back a sequence of images, in particular an animated sequence, as received successively in digitized form from a remote source, and corresponding apparatus
US5657247A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 27, 1995 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/236
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for playing back a sequence of images from a run of component images successively supplied in digital form by a remote source to a receiver apparatus having the function of playing back the images of the sequence at a given rate, and in which each image constitutes an independent set that is received in the form of data trains. The apparatus includes verification that each received data train and each run of trains making up a set is valid, storing the most recently received valid set, reconstituting image signals from the most recently received valid set, and a clock for locally and independently generating clock signals for triggering visual reproduction of images as a function of circumstances.
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