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Picture codec and teleconference terminal equipment

US5689300A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 31, 1995
Grant dateNov 18, 1997
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Expiry dateJul 31, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2213/337
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a teleconference terminal equipment; a picture codec for simultaneously displaying a still picture and video on a single screen, comprising an analog-to-digital converter which converts a picture signal into digital picture data, a picture-in-picture processor which is supplied with the digital picture data as self-picture data of the terminal equipment, a video decoder or a still picture decoder which decodes input picture data and delivers the decoded data to the P-in-P processor, and a digital-to-analog converter which is supplied with picture data for forming a P-in-P frame, having been produced from the self-picture data and the decoded data by the P-in-P processor, and which converts the supplied picture data into an analog signal and delivers the analog signal as an output.

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